Psalms 103:6

Verse 6. The deep. Hebrew “thou hast covered it with the abyss.” This proves that there was no pre-existent matter, otherwise God would not have begun with the plunging his work in the abyss, and in confusion. But he chose to bring this beautiful world out of a state of disorder in the space of six days, as Moses and the psalmist relate. Bert.—At first, all was created, covered with the waters. Genesis 1.