Job 38:1-11

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

2"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

3Dress for action like a man; I will question you, and you make it known to me.

4"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.

5Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it?

6On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone,

7when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8"Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb,

9when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band,

10and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors,

11and said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?