Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. {firmament: Heb. expansion}

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, {even} they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

The sea {is} his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry {land}. {The sea...: Heb. Whose the sea is}

{It is} he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD {is} his name. {stories: or, spheres: Heb. ascensions} {troop: or, bundle}

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

For he spake, and it was {done}; he commanded, and it stood fast.

And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: {he made} the stars also. {to rule the day...: Heb. for the rule of the day, etc.}

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all {are} thy servants.

Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: {when} I call unto them, they stand up together. {my...: or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out}

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein {is}: which keepeth truth for ever: