# I marked out for the sea my boundary

"I made a boundary for the sea"

# boundary

Yahweh set a limit beyond which the sea was not allowed to cross.

# I placed its bars and doors

Yahweh compares the way that he made a boundary for the sea to containing the sea with bars and doors. Alternate translation: "I set up its barriers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# bars

long pieces of wood or metal that are used to keep a door shut