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General Information:
Each verse consists of two lines that have very similar meanings. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/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/translate/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/translate/figs-metaphor)