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25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.(A)

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Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath

When God began to create[a] the heavens and the earth,(A)

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  1. 1.1 Or In the beginning God created

11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.(A)

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10 And,

“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;(A)
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like clothing;(B)
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
    and like clothing[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will never end.”

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  1. 1.12 Other ancient authorities lack like clothing

17 “Ah Lord God! It is you who made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.(A)

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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.(A)

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Yet Jesus[a] is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.(A) (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)(B)

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  1. 3.3 Gk this one

23 Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.(A)
24 When there were no depths I was brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25 Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,(B)
26 when he had not yet made earth and fields[a]
    or the world’s first bits of soil.
27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,(C)
28 when he made firm the skies above,
    when he established the fountains of the deep,
29 when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,(D)
30     then I was beside him, like a master worker,[b]
and I was daily his[c] delight,
    playing before him always,(E)
31 playing in his inhabited world
    and delighting in the human race.(F)

32 “And now, my children, listen to me:
    happy are those who keep my ways.(G)
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
    and do not neglect it.
34 Happy is the one who listens to me,
    watching daily at my gates,
    waiting beside my doors.(H)
35 For whoever finds me finds life
    and obtains favor from the Lord,(I)
36 but those who miss me injure themselves;
    all who hate me love death.”(J)

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  1. 8.26 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 8.30 Or little child
  3. 8.30 Gk: Heb lacks his

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
    but the Lord made the heavens.(A)

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“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.(A)
Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone(B)
when the morning stars sang together
    and all the heavenly beings[a] shouted for joy?(C)

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  1. 38.7 Heb sons of God