He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses.

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

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

And prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,

And said, Thus far shall you come, but no farther: and here shall your proud waves be stopped?

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

Fear you not me? says the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, who has placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the first of the dust of the world.