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10 On the surface of the ocean,
God has drawn a boundary line
    between light and darkness.
11 And columns supporting the sky
    tremble at his command.

12 By his power and wisdom,
God conquered the force
    of the mighty ocean.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 26.12 the force of the mighty ocean: The Hebrew text has “the ocean … Rahab.” In this passage the sea monster Rahab stands for the fearsome power of the ocean (see the notes at 3.8 and 9.13).

10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(A)
    for a boundary between light and darkness.(B)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(C)
    aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(D)
    by his wisdom(E) he cut Rahab(F) to pieces.

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