⁸ “Who shut up the sea behind doors^(A)
    when it burst forth from the womb,^(B)
9 when I made the clouds its garment
    and wrapped it in thick darkness,^(C)
10 when I fixed limits for it^(D)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(E)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(F)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(G)

⁶ who formed the mountains^(A) by your power,
    having armed yourself with strength,^(B)
7 who stilled the roaring of the seas,^(C)
    the roaring of their waves,
    and the turmoil of the nations.^(D)

¹² Who has measured the waters^(A) in the hollow of his hand,^(B)
    or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?^(C)
Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,
    or weighed the mountains on the scales
    and the hills in a balance?^(D)