Job 38:4-11

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, and I declared: ‘You may come this far, but no farther; here your proud waves must stop’?

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Job 38

3 songs meet this passage

“I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean”
I Hope You Dance · Lee Ann Womack
resonates with Job 38:4-11
Feeling small before creation mirrors God's reminder to Job of His vastness and our proper humility.
“I make everything happen”
You're Welcome · Dwayne Johnson
strains against Job 38:4-7
God's questioning of Job about who laid creation's foundations humorously underscores how Maui's boast of controlling tides and sky is tongue-in-cheek bravado, not truth.
“the angels had guitars even before thay had wings”
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through · Meat Loaf
strains against Job 38:7
Job pictures angels singing at creation in worship of God; here the imagery borrows angelic wonder to glorify rock and roll itself rather than its Maker.