3. Now get ready to face me!Can you answerthe questions I ask?
4. How did I lay the foundationfor the earth?Were you there?
5. Doubtless you know who decidedits length and width.
6. What supports the foundation?Who placed the cornerstone,
7. while morning stars sang,and angels rejoiced?
8. When the ocean was born,I set its boundaries
9. and wrapped it in blanketsof thickest fog.
10. Then I built a wall around it,locked the gates,
11. and said,“Your powerful waves stop here!They can go no further.”
12. Did you ever tell the sun to rise?And did it obey?
13. Did it take hold of the earthand shake out the wickedlike dust from a rug?
14. Early dawn outlines the hillslike stitches on clothingor sketches on clay.
15. But its light is too muchfor those who are evil,and their power is broken.
16. Job, have you ever walkedon the ocean floor?
17. Have you seen the gateto the world of the dead?