He is also the creator of the sea:
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap;
He layeth up the deeps in storehouses.
—Psalm 33:7.
Here may be inserted the only reference in an Assyrian hymn to the creation of the sea:
Thou didst bind the wide sea.
Beside this should be placed the somewhat similar statement in Psalm 104:9:
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over,
That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Once Yahwe is praised as the creator of the sea and the land: