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“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
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Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
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On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
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while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
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“Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
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when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,