9. Who covered it with clouds and wrapped it in darkness?
10. I set the limits for the sea and put it behind locked gates.
11. I said to the sea, ‘You can come this far, but no farther. This is where your proud waves will stop.’
12. “Did you ever in your life command the morning to begin or the day to dawn?
13. Did you ever tell the morning light to grab the earth and shake those who are evil out of their hiding places?
14. The morning light makes the hills and valleys easy to see. When the daylight comes to the earth, the shapes of these places stand out like the folds of a coat. They take shape like soft clay that is pressed with a stamp.
15. Evil people don’t like the daylight. When it shines bright, it keeps them from doing the bad things they do.
16. “Have you ever gone to the deepest parts of the sea? Have you ever walked on the ocean bottom?