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You covered the earth with oceans;
    the water was above the mountains.
But at your command, the water rushed away.
    When you thundered your orders, it hurried away.
The mountains rose; the valleys sank.
    The water went to the places you made for it.

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You covered it(A) with the watery depths(B) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(C) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(D) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(E) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(F) for them.

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