A Universe Of Water

It was taught: Rabbi Yose says: Woe to the creatures, who see and do not know what they see; who stand and do not know on what they stand. On what does the earth stand? On the pillars, as it is said: "He who shakes the earth from its place, and its pillars tremble" (Job 9:6). The pillars stand on the waters, as it is said: "To Him who spreads out the earth upon the waters" (Psalms 136:6). The waters stand on the mountains, as it is said: "The waters stood above the mountains" (Psalms 104:6). The mountains stand on the wind, as it is said: "For behold, He who forms the mountains and creates the wind" (Amos 4:13). The wind stands on the storm, as it is said: "Storm wind that fulfills His word" (Psalms 148:8). The storm is suspended on the arm of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is said: "And underneath are the everlasting arms" (Deuteronomy 33:27). And the Sages say: It stands on twelve pillars, as it is said: "He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel" (Deuteronomy 32:8). And some say: Seven pillars, as it is said: "She has hewn her seven pillars" (Proverbs 9:1). Rabbi Eleazar ben Shammua says: On one pillar, and its name is Righteous, as it is said: "And the righteous one is the foundation of the world" (Proverbs 10:25).