Holy Scripture
Job 38:9
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“When I was making a cloud the garment thereof, and was covering it with darkness as with swaddling clothes. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION The raging sea is covered with a 'cloud,' because the cruelty of persecutors is covered with the veil of their own folly. For it is unable to behold the clear light of truth, from the…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9And I made a cloud its clothing, And swathed it in mist.
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7When the stars were made, All my angels praised me with a loud voice.
8And I shut up the sea with gates, When it rushed out, coming forth out of its mother’s womb.
— Job 38:9 —
10And I set bounds to it, Surrounding it with bars and gates.
11And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, But thy waves shall be confined within thee.