en_tn_condensed/psa/033/007.md

General Information:

Each verse consists of two lines that have very similar meanings. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

like a heap

"like behind a dam." The writer describes the creation of the sea as if God piles up all the waters together. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

he puts the oceans in storehouses

The writer describes the creation of the oceans as if God put them in a storehouse. Alternate translation: "he puts the oceans in their place, just like a man puts grain in a storehouse" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)