When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

when He set a boundary for the sea, so that the waters would not surpass His command, when He marked out the foundations of the earth.

In His setting for the sea its limit, And the waters transgress not His command, In His decreeing the foundations of earth,

when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth: