⁸ Ask of me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance
and the ends of the earth your possession.^(A)

¹⁶ For everything was created by him,^(A)
in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or rulers or authorities—
all things have been created through him and for him.^(B)

¹¹ Our Lord and God,^[a]
you are worthy^(A) to receive
glory and honor and power,^(B)
because you have created all things,^(C)
and by your will
they exist and were created.