when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness,
Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors,
*Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth from the womb,
Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name, if you know?