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He stretches out Zaphon[a] over the void,
    and suspends the earth over nothing at all;
He binds up the waters in his clouds,
    yet the cloud is not split by their weight;
He holds back the appearance of the full moon
    by spreading his clouds before it.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:7 Zaphon: lit., “the north,” used here as a synonym for the firmament, the heavens; cf. Is 14:13.

He spreads out the northern skies(A) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(B)
He wraps up the waters(C) in his clouds,(D)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
He covers the face of the full moon,
    spreading his clouds(E) over it.

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