8:27 When he established the heavens, I was there;
when he marked out the horizon 1 over the face of the deep,
8:29 when he gave the sea his decree
that the waters should not pass over his command, 2
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
1 sn The infinitive construct בְּחוּקוֹ (bÿkhuqo, “to cut; to engrave; to mark”) and the noun חוּג (khug, “horizon; circle”) form a paronomasia in the line.
2 tn Heb “his mouth.”