Quotes About Creation

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

They saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep.

For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.