When he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command; when he marked out the foundations of the earth—Wisdom's presence when the LORD set boundaries on chaos and established the earth's foundations. This verse is crucial: it identifies Wisdom as present when the LORD established the law (boundaries) that maintains creation's order, suggesting Wisdom herself is the principle of that ordering law. The waters' potential transgression of the command suggests that chaos constantly presses against order, and Wisdom is the principle that maintains the boundary. By positioning Wisdom at the establishment of foundational boundaries, the verse reveals her as the source of the moral order mirroring the physical order.

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