4 Were you there when I made the world?
If you know so much, tell me about it.
5 Who decided how large it would be?
Who stretched the measuring line over it?
Do you know all the answers?
6 What holds up the pillars that support the earth?
Who laid the cornerstone of the world?
7 Ba 3.34In the dawn of that day the stars sang together,
and the heavenly beings38.7: heavenly beings: See 1.6. shouted for joy.
8 Jr 5.22Who closed the gates to hold back the sea38.8: to hold back the sea: See 26.12.
when it burst from the womb of the earth?
9 It was I who covered the sea with clouds
and wrapped it in darkness.
10 I marked a boundary for the sea
and kept it behind bolted gates.
11 I told it, "So far and no farther!
Here your powerful waves must stop."
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