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By the word of the Lord the heavens were made
    and all their host by the breath of his mouth.(A)
He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;
    he put the deeps in storehouses.

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
    let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him,(B)
for he spoke, and it came to be;
    he commanded, and it stood firm.(C)

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Thus the heavens and the earth were finished and all their multitude.(A) On the sixth[a] day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done.(B) So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2.2 Sam Gk Syr: MT seventh

20 Our soul waits for the Lord;
    he is our help and shield.
21 Our heart is glad in him
    because we trust in his holy name.(A)
22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
    even as we hope in you.

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