2  ^t“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

3  ^uDress for action¹ like a man;

I will question you, and you make it known to me.

4  “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

Tell me, if you have understanding.

5  Who determined its ^vmeasurements—surely you know!

Or who stretched the line upon it?

6  On what were its bases sunk,

or who laid its cornerstone,

7  when the morning stars sang together

and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

8  “Or ^wwho shut in the sea with doors

when it burst out from the womb,

9  when I made clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling band,

10  and ^xprescribed limits for it

and set bars and doors,

11  and said, ^y‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,

and ^zhere shall your proud waves be stayed’?