Job 38:1-11

1Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

2“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge?

3Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.

5Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know? Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?

6On what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,

7When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?

8“Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;

9When I made the clouds its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,

10And marked for it My [appointed] boundary And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines],

11And said, ‘This far you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop’?