²² “As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,^(A)
cold and heat,
summer and winter,^(B)
day and night
will never cease.”^(C)

¹⁰ when I fixed limits for it^(A)
    and set its doors and bars in place,^(B)
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;^(C)
    here is where your proud waves halt’?^(D)

²⁹ when he gave the sea its boundary^(A)
    so the waters would not overstep his command,^(B)
and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.^(C)

²² Should you not fear^(A) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble^(B) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,^(C)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,^(D) but they cannot cross it.