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He bowed the heavens, and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

In a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind; there was a heavy rain. Ahab rode off and went to Jezreel.

He deposed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to make offerings in the high places at the cities of Judah and around Jerusalem; those also who made offerings to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the constellations, and all the host of the heavens.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, "The Lord is king!"

Yours, O Lord , are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord , and you are exalted as head above all.

When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,

and said, "O my God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

And Ezra said: "You are the Lord , you alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. To all of them you give life, and the host of heaven worships you.

who alone stretched out the heavens and trampled the waves of the Sea;

so mortals lie down and do not rise again; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake or be roused out of their sleep.

God puts no trust even in his holy ones, and the heavens are not clean in his sight;

Even though they mount up high as the heavens, and their head reaches to the clouds,

The heavens will reveal their iniquity, and the earth will rise up against them.

"Is not God high in the heavens? See the highest stars, how lofty they are!

By his wind the heavens were made fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees everything under the heavens.

Look at the heavens and see; observe the clouds, which are higher than you.

Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule on the earth?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,