PraiseHim, highestheavens,And the watersthat are abovethe heavens!
Then Godsaid,"Let there be an expansein the midstof the waters,and let it separatethe watersfrom the waters."
Godmadethe expanse,and separatedthe waterswhichwere belowthe expansefrom the waterswhichwere abovethe expanse;and it was so.
In the sixhundredthyearof Noah'slife,in the secondmonth,on the seventeenthdayof the month,on the samedayallthe fountainsof the greatdeepburstopen,and the floodgatesof the skywere opened.
"But will Godindeeddwellon the earth?Behold,heavenand the highestheavencannotcontainYou, howmuchlessthishousewhichI have built!
"The housewhichI am about to build[will be] great,for greateris our Godthanallthe gods.
"You aloneare the LORD.You have madethe heavens,The heavenof heavenswith alltheir host,The earthand allthat is on it, The seasand allthat is in them. You givelifeto allof them And the heavenlyhostbowsdownbefore You.
He laysthe beamsof His upperchambersin the waters;He makesthe cloudsHis chariot;He walksupon the wingsof the wind;
Who humblesHimself to behold[The things that are] in heavenand in the earth?
To Him who ridesupon the highestheavens,which are from ancienttimes;Behold,He speaksforthwith His voice,a mightyvoice.
For Godwill saveZionand buildthe citiesof Judah,That they may dwellthereand possessit.
I knowa manin Christwho fourteenyearsago--whetherin the bodyI do not know,orout of the bodyI do not know,Godknows--such a manwas caughtup to the thirdheaven.
"Behold,to the LORDyour Godbelong heavenand the highestheavens,the earthand allthat is in it.
