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who covers up the stars
"who blocks the stars from view"
who by himself stretches out the heavens
God is spoken of as creating the heavens without any help, as if the heavens were fabric that he stretches out. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rpronouns and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
tramples down the waves of the sea
God is spoken of as calming the sea as if with his feet. AT: "puts his feet down on the waves of the sea" or "calms the waves of the sea" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
the Bear, Orion, the Pleiades
These are the names of constellations, which are groups of stars that seem like they form a particular shape in the sky. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)
Orion
a famous hunter in Greek mythology
Pleiades
several bright stars that look like they are close together in the sky
constellations
groups of stars that seem like they form a particular shape in the sky