⁸ “Or who ^(I)enclosed the sea with doors
When it went out from the womb, bursting forth;
⁹ When I made a cloud its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling bands,
¹⁰ And I ^[c](J)placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,
¹¹ And I said, ‘As far as this point you shall come, but no farther;
And here your proud waves shall stop’?

¹⁶ “Have you entered ^(O)the springs of the sea,
And walked ^[e]in the depth of the ocean?
¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
And have you seen the gates of ^(P)deep darkness?
¹⁸ Have you understood the ^[f]expanse of ^(Q)the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

¹⁹ “Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,
²⁰ That you would take it to ^(R)its territory,
And discern the paths to its ^[g]home?
²¹ You know, for ^(S)you were born then,
And the number of your days is great!
²² Have you entered the storehouses ^(T)of the snow,
And have you seen the storehouses of the ^(U)hail,
²³ Which I have reserved for a time of distress,
For a day of war and battle?
²⁴ Where is the way that ^(V)the light is divided,
And the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁵ “Who has split open a channel for the flood,
And a way for the thunderbolt,
²⁶ To bring ^(W)rain on a land without ^[h]people,
On a desert without a person in it,
²⁷ To ^(X)satisfy the waste and desolate land,
And to make the ^[i]seeds of grass to sprout?
²⁸ Does ^(Y)the rain have a father?
Or who has fathered the drops of dew?
²⁹ From whose womb has come the ^(Z)ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
³⁰ Water ^[j]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

³¹ “Can you tie up the chains of the ^(AA)Pleiades,
Or untie the cords of Orion?
³² Can you bring out a ^[k]constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her ^[l]satellites?
³³ Do you know the ^(AB)ordinances of the heavens,
Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

³⁴ “Can you raise your voice to the clouds,
So that an ^(AC)abundance of water will cover you?
³⁵ Can you ^(AD)send flashes of lightning, so that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶ Who has ^(AE)put wisdom in the innermost being,
Or given ^(AF)understanding to the ^[m]mind?
³⁷ Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
And ^(AG)pour out the water jars of the heavens,
³⁸ When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

³⁹ “Can you hunt the ^(AH)prey for the lioness,
Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,
⁴⁰ When they ^(AI)crouch in their hiding places,
And lie in wait in their lair?
⁴¹ Who prepares ^[n]feed for ^(AJ)the raven
When its young cry to God,
And wander about without food?