1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:


2 “Who is this that questions my wisdom
    with such ignorant words?

3 Brace yourself like a man,
    because I have some questions for you,
    and you must answer them.
4 “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
    Tell me, if you know so much.

5 Who determined its dimensions
    and stretched out the surveying line?

6 What supports its foundations,
    and who laid its cornerstone

7 as the morning stars sang together
    and all the angels shouted for joy?
8 “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries
    as it burst from the womb,

9 and as I clothed it with clouds
    and wrapped it in thick darkness?

10 For I locked it behind barred gates,
    limiting its shores.

11 I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come.
    Here your proud waves must stop!’...