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Sforno on Deuteronomy 10:14/ספורנו על דברים י׳:י״ד

אהֵן לַה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַשָּׁמַיִם. וְיָעִיד עַל זֶה שֶׁהוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ לְטוֹב לָךְ, כִּי אָמְנָם הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ הֵם שֶׁלּוֹ, וְעִם הֱיוֹתָם נִכְבָּדִים בִּלְתִּי נִפְסָדִים.
1הן לה' אלוקיך השמים...והארץ, the fact that He owns the entire universe is convincing proof that whatever He asks of you is only for your own good, not for His, seeing that He has everything. The phenomena in the heavens and on earth are indestructible, permanent, and if you observed that at times they performed out of character to their nature, this was only because I, G’d, made them perform so in your interest. However, G’d was fond of your forefathers