You,[a] Lord, are the only God.[b](A)
You created the heavens,
the highest heavens with all their stars,
the earth and all that is on it,
the seas and all that is in them.
You give life to all of them,(B)
and all the stars of heaven worship you.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:6 LXX reads And Ezra said: You
  2. 9:6 Lit are alone

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?(A)
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains on a balance
and the hills on the scales?
13 Who has directed[a] the Spirit of the Lord,
or who gave him counsel?(B)
14 Who did he consult?
Who gave him understanding(C)
and taught him the paths of justice?
Who taught him knowledge
and showed him the way of understanding?

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Footnotes

  1. 40:13 Or measured, or comprehended

everyone who bears my name
and is created for my glory.
I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”

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12 He made the earth by his power,
established the world(A) by his wisdom,(B)
and spread out the heavens by his understanding.(C)
13 When he thunders,[a]
the waters in the heavens are in turmoil,(D)
and he causes the clouds to rise
from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain
and brings the wind from his storehouses.(E)

14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,(F)
for his cast images are a lie;(G)
there is no breath in them.(H)
15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.(I)
16 Jacob’s Portion[b] is not like these
because he is the one who formed all things.(J)
Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;(K)
the Lord of Armies is his name.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:13 Lit At his giving of the voice
  2. 10:16 = the Lord

13 He is here:
the one who forms the mountains,(A)
creates the wind,(B)
and reveals his thoughts to man,(C)
the one who makes the dawn out of darkness
and strides on the heights of the earth.(D)
The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.(E)

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25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie,(A) and worshiped and served what has been created instead of the Creator, who is praised forever.(B) Amen.

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Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.

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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)

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:11 Some mss add the Holy One; other mss read Lord

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