⁵ The Lord, the Lord Almighty—
he touches the earth and it melts,^(A)
    and all who live in it mourn;
the whole land rises like the Nile,
    then sinks like the river of Egypt;^(B)
6 he builds his lofty palace^[a](C) in the heavens
    and sets its foundation^[b] on the earth;
he calls for the waters of the sea
    and pours them out over the face of the land—
    the Lord is his name.^(D)

⁷ “Are not you Israelites
    the same to me as the Cushites^[c]?”^(E)
declares the Lord.
“Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt,
    the Philistines^(F) from Caphtor^[d](G)
    and the Arameans from Kir?^(H)