Thus saith the Lord God that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established the earth, and the things that spring out of it: that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that tread thereon.
Rashi
God the Lord The Master of justice and the Master of clemency. the Creator of the heavens First like a sort of ball of warp thread, and afterward He stretched it out as it is stated in Tractate Hagigah (12a). and what springs forth from it And He creates what springs forth from it. Who gave a soul A soul of life. to the people upon it To all of them equally. and a spirit of sanctity. to those who walk thereon To those who walk before Him.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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