“Statutes [ḥukim]” with which I set the heavens and the earth, as it is stated: “If My covenant with day and night would not be, had I not set the statutes of heaven and earth” (Jeremiah 33:25). Statutes with which I set the sun and the moon, as it is stated: “So said the Lord, who gives the sun for light of day, and the statutes of the moon and stars for light of night” (Jeremiah 31:35). Statutes with which I set the sea, as it is stated: “When He set His statute for the sea” (Proverbs 8:29).
Statutes with which I set the sand, as it is stated: “For I set the sand as the boundary of the sea [an eternal statute]” (Jeremiah 5:22). Statutes with which I set the depths, as it is stated: “When He set [beḥuko] a circle on the surface of the depths” (Proverbs 8:27); statute [ḥok] and circle [ḥug] for a verbal analogy.6Some suggest that the text should read “statute [ḥok] and statutes [ḥukot] for a verbal analogy” (Rabbi David Luria).
The point is to connect all the verses cited here with Jeremiah 33:25, which is understood to mean that were it not for the Torah, God would not have created the world or support its continued existence.