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"LORD, when thou didst go forth from Se'ir, when thou didst march from the region of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.

Then Rizpah the daughter of Ai'ah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

"Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations of the heavens trembled and quaked, because he was angry.

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

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.

And he deposed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places at the cities of Judah and round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Ba'al, to the sun, and the moon, and 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 reigns!"

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art 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,

saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

And Ezra said: "Thou art the LORD, thou alone; thou hast 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; and thou preservest all of them; and the host of heaven worships thee.

who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the waves of the sea;

so man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake, or be roused out of his sleep.

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

Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

The heavens will reveal his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

"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.