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who aenclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
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Genesis 1:9, Psalms 104:6-9, Proverbs 8:29, Jeremiah 5:22
Genesis 1
9
Then God said, "aLet the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let bthe dry land appear"; and it was so.
Psalms 104
6
You acovered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.
7
At Your arebuke they fled, At the bsound of Your thunder they hurried away.
8
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the aplace which You established for them.
9
You set a aboundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth.
Proverbs 8
29
When aHe set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out bthe foundations of the earth;
Jeremiah 5
22
'Do you not afear Me?' declares the Lord. 'Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have bplaced the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.