And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?