4 “Where^a were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding. ‡

5 Who determined its measurements?
Surely you know!
Or who stretched the¹ line upon it? ‡

6 To what were its foundations fastened?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

7 When the morning stars sang together,
And all ^athe sons of God shouted for joy? ‡

8 “Or^a who shut in the sea with doors,
When it burst forth and issued from the womb; ‡

9 When I made the clouds its garment,
And thick darkness its swaddling band;