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He ·commands the sun not to [L speaks to the sun and it does not] shine
    and ·shuts off the light of [L seals up] the stars.
He alone stretches out the ·skies [heavens]
    and ·walks [treads] on the ·waves [L high places] of the sea.
It is God who made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades [C well-known constellations]
    and the ·groups of stars in the southern sky [L chambers of the south].

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He speaks to the sun and it does not shine;(A)
    he seals off the light of the stars.(B)
He alone stretches out the heavens(C)
    and treads on the waves of the sea.(D)
He is the Maker(E) of the Bear[a] and Orion,
    the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:9 Or of Leo