Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: [when] I call unto them, they stand up together.
Ver. 13. My hand hath also laid the foundation of the earth.] My left hand, say the Rabbis, as "my right hand spanned the heavens"; that is, meted them out as a workman doth his work. a God did but "call unto them" both, "and they stood up together." Vain therefore and needless was the disputation of the Samerites and the Hillelites among the Jews, whether was first created the heaven or the earth?
a Oecolamp., in loc.