To the one who established the earth over the waters. Our Rabbis taught that three drinks are prohibited because of the exposure to water: wine, milk, and water. Water is prohibited because it says "to the one who established the earth over the waters." Milk is prohibited because it says "and she opened the jar of milk" (Judges 4:19).
Wine is prohibited because it says "every drunkard shall be filled with wine" (Jeremiah 13:13). Rabbi Yosei said, "Woe to the creatures who see but do not know what they see, stand but do not know on what they stand. On what do the pillars of the earth stand? As it says, 'He shakes the earth from its place, and its pillars tremble' (Job 9:6).
And the pillars stand on the water, as it says, 'To the one who established the earth over the waters.' And the water is on the mountains, as it says, 'The waters stand upon the mountains' (Psalms 104:6). And the mountains are on the wind, as it says, 'For behold, I am forming mountains and creating wind' (Amos 4:13). And the wind is in the storm, as it says, 'A stormy wind does His bidding' (Psalms 148:8).
And the storm depends on the arm of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it says, 'And under His everlasting arms' (Deuteronomy 33:27). And the sages say that the world stands on twelve pillars, as it says, 'He established the borders of the nations according to the number of the children of Israel' (Deuteronomy 32:8). And some say that the world stands on seven pillars, as it says, 'Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars' (Proverbs 9:1).
And Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua said that the world stands on one pillar, and his name is Tzaddik (the righteous one), as it says, 'And the Tzaddik is the foundation of the world' (Proverbs 10:25).