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    He commands the sun to go down and not rise,
        and He sequesters the stars so they do not shine.
    He single-handedly stretched out the heavens overhead
        and walks on the back of the raging sea.
    He fashioned the stars into constellations we know by name—
        Bear, Orion, the Pleiades—
        and the lights of the southern sky.

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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