"Have you everin your lifecommandedthe morning,[And] caused the dawnto knowits place,
Godcalledthe lightday,and the darknessHe callednight.And there was eveningand there was morning,oneday.
"Were you the firstmanto be born,Or were you broughtforthbeforethe hills?
"In the darkthey diginto houses,They shutthemselves up by day;They do not knowthe light.
And I said,'Thusfaryou shall come,but nofarther;And hereshall your proudwavesstop'?
That it might takeholdof the endsof the earth,And the wickedbe shakenout of it?
"You know,for you were bornthen,And the numberof your daysis great!
"Wherewere you when I laidthe foundationof the earth?Tell[Me], ifyou haveunderstanding,
"For we are [only] of yesterdayand knownothing,Becauseour dayson earthare as a shadow.
Yours is the day,Yours alsois the night;You have preparedthe lightand the sun.
He who madethe Pleiadesand OrionAnd changesdeepdarknessinto morning,Who also darkensday[into] night,Who callsfor the watersof the seaAnd poursthem out on the surfaceof the earth,The LORDis His name.
Becauseof the tendermercyof our God,With whichthe Sunrisefrom on highwill visitus,
[So] we havethe propheticword[made] more sure,to whichyou dowellto pay attentionas to a lampshiningin a darkplace,untilthe daydawnsand the morning stararisesin your hearts.
