⁸ He alone stretches out the heavens^(A)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.^(B)

⁶⁹ He built his sanctuary^(A) like the heights,
    like the earth that he established forever.

²² He sits enthroned^(A) above the circle of the earth,
    and its people are like grasshoppers.^(B)
He stretches out the heavens^(C) like a canopy,^(D)
    and spreads them out like a tent^(E) to live in.^(F)

¹⁵ “He made the earth by his power;
    he founded the world by his wisdom^(A)
    and stretched^(B) out the heavens by his understanding.^(C)
16 When he thunders,^(D) the waters in the heavens roar;
    he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain^(E)
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.^(F)

¹⁷ “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;^(G)
    they have no breath in them.
¹⁸ They are worthless,^(H) the objects of mockery;
    when their judgment comes, they will perish.
¹⁹ He who is the Portion^(I) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance^(J)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name.