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

¹⁶ “Have you entered into ^(O)the springs of the sea
Or walked ^[d]in the recesses of the deep?
¹⁷ “Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of ^(P)deep darkness?
¹⁸ “Have you understood the ^[e]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 may take it to ^(R)its territory
And that you may discern the paths to its ^[f]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,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the ^(U)hail,
²³ Which I have reserved for the time of distress,
For the day of war and battle?
²⁴ “Where is the way that ^(V)the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

²⁵ “Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,
²⁶ To bring ^(W)rain on a land without ^[g]people,
On a desert without a man in it,
²⁷ To ^(X)satisfy the waste and desolate land
And to make the ^[h]seeds of grass to sprout?
²⁸ “Has ^(Y)the rain a father?
Or who has begotten 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 ^[i]becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

³¹ “Can you bind the chains of the ^(AA)Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?
³² “Can you lead forth a ^[j]constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her ^[k]satellites?
³³ “Do you know the ^(AB)ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?

³⁴ “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an ^(AC)abundance of water will cover you?
³⁵ “Can you ^(AD)send forth lightnings 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 ^[l]mind?
³⁷ “Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or ^(AG)tip 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 lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰ When they ^(AI)crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?
⁴¹ “Who prepares for ^(AJ)the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?