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

¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it^(A)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(B)

¹¹ when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(A)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(B)

⁹ You set a boundary^(A) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

²² Should you not fear^(A) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble^(B) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,^(C)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,^(D) but they cannot cross it.