For the Lord is a great God, and a great king above all gods. And if there are other gods, behold, he says (Deuteronomy 32:39), "See now that I, even I, am he." Woe to the wicked who descend to Gehenna, they and their gods. And so it says (Psalm 96:5), "For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens."
He has in his hand the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. If a king of flesh and blood is told, "The sea is yours," he cannot say how many measures are in it. But the Holy One, blessed be He, can say, "The sea is His" because He made it and knows how many measures are in it. And so it says (Isaiah 40:12), "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand?"
Blessed be He who has the sea. And what does He ask of you? To bow down in worship, as it says, "Come, let us bow down and bend the knee." For He is the Lord our God, and we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
When are we His people? When we are the sheep of His pasture, as it says (Ezekiel 34:31), "And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men." But when we are like lions, He hates us, as it says (Jeremiah 12:8), "My heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest."