25 Long ago you laid the foundations of the earth,

And the heavens are the work of your hands.+

 5 This is what the true God, Jehovah, says,

The Creator of the heavens and the Grand One who stretched them out,+

The One who spread out the earth and its produce,+

The One who gives breath to the people on it+

And spirit to those who walk on it:+

18 For this is what Jehovah says,

The Creator of the heavens,+ the true God,

The One who formed the earth, its Maker who firmly established it,+

Who did not create it simply for nothing,* but formed it to be inhabited:+