Psalm 136:6

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Psalm 136:6

To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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For He has founded it upon the seas
And established it upon the rivers.

Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak,

Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain.

Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.

“He stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.

“Can you, with Him, spread out the skies,
Strong as a molten mirror?

It is He who sits above the

circle of the earth,

And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers,
Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain
And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,
“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,

Stretching out the heavens by Myself

And spreading out the earth all alone,

It is He who made the earth by His power,
Who established the world by His wisdom;
And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens.

The burden of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him,

For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water,