'Of The Earth' in the Bible

With kings and counselors of the earth,Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

“You will laugh at violence and famine,And you will not be afraid of the wild beasts of the earth.

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earthAnd makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

Water wears away the stones,Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.

“They crowd the needy off the road;The poor of the land all hide themselves.

“Iron is taken out of the earth,And copper is smelted from the stone ore.

“For He looks to the ends of the earthAnd sees everything under the heavens.

“They must dwell on the slopes of wadisAnd in holes in the ground and in rocks.

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earthAnd makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

“He lets it loose under the whole heaven,And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

“Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know?Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

So that light may take hold of the corners of the earthAnd shake the wickedness out of it?

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?Tell Me, if you know all this.