²⁹ When he gave to the sea its boundary, That the waters should not violate his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

⁹ You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.

⁹ God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.

¹⁰ God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.

⁴ "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

⁵ Who determined the measures of it, if you know? Or who stretched the line on it?

⁶ Whereupon were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

⁷ When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

⁸ "Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it broke forth from the womb,

⁹ When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

¹⁰ Marked out for it my bound, Set bars and doors,

¹¹ And said, 'Here you may come, but no further; Here shall your proud waves be stayed?'

⁷ He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

⁵ He laid the foundations of the earth, That it should not be moved forever.

²² Don't you fear me? says Yahweh: won't you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can't pass it? and though the waves of it toss themselves, yet they can't prevail; though they roar, yet they can't pass over it.