⁶ You covered it^(A) with the watery depths^(B) as with a garment;
    the waters stood^(C) above the mountains.
⁷ But at your rebuke^(D) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder^(E) they took to flight;
⁸ they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned^(F) for them.
⁹ You set a boundary^(G) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

¹⁹ By wisdom^(A) the Lord laid the earth’s foundations,^(B)
    by understanding he set the heavens^(C) in place;

²⁷ I was there when he set the heavens in place,^(A)
    when he marked out the horizon^(B) on the face of the deep,
²⁸ when he established the clouds above^(C)
    and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,^(D)
29 when he gave the sea its boundary^(E)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(F)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(G)

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?^(A)
    Tell me, if you understand.^(B)
5 Who marked off its dimensions?^(C) Surely you know!
    Who stretched a measuring line^(D) across it?
⁶ On what were its footings set,^(E)
    or who laid its cornerstone^(F)—
⁷ while the morning stars^(G) sang together^(H)
    and all the angels^[a](I) shouted for joy?^(J)

⁸ “Who shut up the sea behind doors^(K)
    when it burst forth from the womb,^(L)