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What supports its foundation?
Who set its cornerstone in place,
    when the morning stars sang loud songs together,
        and all the sons of God shouted for joy?[a]
Who locked up the sea behind doors
    when it burst out of the womb?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 38:7 It is not certain whether the terms morning stars and sons of God refer to stars, angels, or both.

On what were its footings set,(A)
    or who laid its cornerstone(B)
while the morning stars(C) sang together(D)
    and all the angels[a](E) shouted for joy?(F)

“Who shut up the sea behind doors(G)
    when it burst forth from the womb,(H)

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  1. Job 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God