8. Who closed the gates to hold back the seawhen it burst from the womb of the earth?
9. It was I who covered the sea with cloudsand wrapped it in darkness.
10. I marked a boundary for the seaand kept it behind bolted gates.
11. I told it, “So far and no farther!Here your powerful waves must stop.”
12. Job, have you ever in all your lifecommanded a day to dawn?
13. Have you ordered the dawn to seize the earthand shake the wicked from their hiding places?
14. Daylight makes the hills and valleys stand outlike the folds of a garment,clear as the imprint of a seal on clay.
15. The light of day is too bright for the wickedand restrains them from deeds of violence.