¹² Who has measured the waters of the sea^[a] in the hollow of his hand
    and marked off the heavens with a span,
enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure
    and weighed the mountains in scales
    and the hills in a balance?^(A)

“In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands;^(A)
11 they will perish, but you remain;
    they will all wear out like clothing;^(B)
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
    and like clothing^[a] they will be changed.
But you are the same,
    and your years will never end.”

²⁵ Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,
    and the heavens are the work of your hands.^(A)
26 They will perish, but you endure;
    they will all wear out like a garment.
You change them like clothing, and they pass away,^(B)

⁴ “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.^(A)
5 Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
⁶ On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone^(B)
7 when the morning stars sang together
    and all the heavenly beings^[a] shouted for joy?^(C)

⁸ “Or who shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,^(D)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
    and thick darkness its swaddling band,^(E)
10 and prescribed bounds for it,
    and set bars and doors,^(F)
11 and said, ‘Thus far shall you come and no farther,
    and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?^(G)

⁷ “Can you find out the deep things of God?
    Can you find out the limit of the Almighty?^[a](A)
8 It is higher than heaven^[b]—what can you do?
    Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?^(B)
9 Its measure is longer than the earth
    and broader than the sea.