Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled;

Thou takest away their breath, they die,

And return to their dust.

Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created;

And Thou renewest the face of the earth.”[[163]]

“He stretcheth out the north over the empty place,

And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

He bindeth up the waters in His thick clouds;

And the cloud is not rent under them....

He hath compassed the waters with bounds,