Job 38:4-41, Psa 104:2-35, Isa 40:12-31, 53:8 | TSK | STEP

Hitherto.Thus far shall thy flux and reflux extend. The tides are marvellously limited and regulated, not only by the lunar and solar attraction, but by the quantum of time required to remove any part of the earth's surface, by its rotation round its axis, from under the immediate attractive influence of the sun and moon. Hence the attraction of the sun and moon, and the gravitation of the sea to its own centre, which prevent too great a flux on the one hand, and too great reflux on the other, are some of those bars and doors by which its proud waves are stayed, and prevented from coming farther.

Ps 65:6,7; 93:3,4; Pr 8:29; Mr 4:39-41

but.

1:22; 2:6; Ps 76:10; 89:9; Isa 27:8; Lu 8:32,33; Re 20:2,3,7,8

thy proud waves. Heb. the pride of thy waves.

commanded.

Ge 1:5; Ps 74:16; 136:7,8; 148:3-5

since.

the dayspring.

take.

ends. Heb. wings.

the wicked.

24:13-17; Ex 14:27; Ps 104:21,22,35

as a.

Ps 104:2,6

from.

5:14; 18:5,18; Ex 10:21-23; 2Ki 6:18; Pr 4:19; Isa 8:21,22

Jer 13:16; Ac 13:10,11

the high.

Ps 10:15; 37:17; Eze 30:22

the springs.

Ps 77:19; Pr 8:24; Jer 51:36

walked.

26:5,6

the gates.

Ps 9:13; 107:18; 116:3

the shadow.

3:5; 12:22; Ps 23:4; 107:10,14; Am 5:8; Mt 4:16

Ps 74:17; 89:11,12; Isa 40:28; Jer 31:37; Re 20:9

the way.

12,13; Ge 1:3,4,14-18; De 4:19; Isa 45:7; Joh 1:9; 8:12

darkness.

Ps 18:11; 104:20; 105:28; Jer 13:16; Eze 32:8; Am 4:13; Mt 27:45

it to. or, it at. the bound.

Ge 10:19; 23:17

4,12; 15:7

6:16; 37:6; Ps 33:7; 135:7

36:31; 36:13; Ex 9:18,24; Jos 10:11; Isa 30:30; Eze 13:11-13

Mt 7:27; Re 16:21

12,13; Jon 4:8; Mt 24:27

28:26; 36:27,28; 37:3-6; Ps 29:3-10

To cause.It is well known that rain falls copiously in thunder storms. The flash is first seen, the clap is next heard, and last the rain descends; though in fact they all take place at the same time. The lightning traverses all space in no perceivable succession of time. Sound is propagated at the rate of 1,142 feet in a second. Rain travels still more slowly, and will be seen sooner or later according to the weight of the drops, and the distance of the cloud. Now as water is composed of two elastic airs or gases, called oxygen and hydrogen, in the proportion of 88 of the former and 11 3/4 of the latter in 100 parts, the electric spark, or matter of lightning, passing through the atmosphere, ignites and decomposes those gases, which explode; and the water falls down in the form of rain. This explosion, as well as the rushing in of the circumambient air to restore the equilibrium, will account for the clap and peal; and thus by the lightning of thunder God causes it to rain on the earth.

on the wilderness.

Ps 104:10-14; 107:35; 147:8,9; Isa 35:1,2; 41:18,19; 43:19,20

Jer 14:22; Heb 6:7,8

Hath the.

8; 5:9,10; 1Sa 12:17,18; Ps 65:9,10; Jer 5:24; 10:13; 14:22

Joe 2:23; Am 4:7; Mt 5:45

dew.

29:19; Ge 27:28,39; De 33:13,28; 2Sa 1:21; 1Ki 17:1; Pr 3:20

Ho 14:5

8; 6:16; 37:10; Ps 147:16,17

the face.

37:10

frozen. Heb. taken.

Pleiades. or, the seven stars. Heb. Cimah.

9:9; *marg:

Am 5:8

Orion. or, Cesil.

Mazzaroth. or, the twelve signs.Probably the same as {mazzaloth.}

2Ki 23:5

guide Arcturus. Heb. guide them.

9:9

the ordinances.

Ge 1:16; 8:22; Ps 119:90,91; Jer 31:35,36; 33:25

canst.

12,13

1Sa 12:18; Am 5:8; Zec 10:1; Jas 5:18

Canst.

Ex 9:23-25,29; Le 10:2; Nu 11:1; 16:35; 2Ki 1:10,14; Re 11:5,6

Here we are. Heb. Behold us.

1Sa 22:12; Isa 6:8; *marg:

65:1

Who hath put.

32:8; Ps 51:6; Pr 2:6; Ec 2:26; Jas 1:5,17

who hath given.

Ex 31:3; 36:1,2; Isa 28:26

number.

Ge 15:5; Ps 147:4

or who.

Ge 8:1; 9:15

stay. Heb. cause to lie down.

groweth into hardness. or, is turned into mire. Heb. ispoured.

Wilt.

4:10,11; Ps 34:10; 104:21; 145:15,16

appetite. Heb. life.

Ge 49:9; Nu 23:24; 24:9

Ps 104:27,28; 147:9; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:24

Psalms 104:2-35

with light.

Da 7:9; Mt 17:2; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jo 1:5

stretchest.

Isa 40:22; 45:12; Zec 12:1; Heb 1:10-12

Who layeth.

18:10,11; Am 9:6

maketh.

Isa 19:1; Mt 26:64; Re 1:7

walketh.

18:10; 139:9; 2Sa 22:11; Na 1:3

Who maketh.

Ac 23:8; Heb 1:7,14

ministers.

2Ki 2:11; 6:17; Eze 1:13

Who laid the foundations of the earth. Heb. He hath foundedthe earth upon her bases.

24:2; 33:9; 136:6; Job 26:7; 38:4-7

that it.

93:1; 96:10; Ec 1:4; 2Pe 3:10; Re 6:14; 20:11

Ge 1:2-10; 7:19; 2Pe 3:5

At thy.

Ge 8:1; Pr 8:28; Mr 4:39

they fled.

114:3-7

They go up, etc. or, The mountains ascend, the valleysdescend.

Ge 8:5

hast set.

33:7; Ge 9:11-15; Job 26:10; 38:10,11; Isa 54:9; Jer 5:22

He sendeth. Heb. Who sendeth.

107:35The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers.

De 8:7; Isa 35:7; 41:18

run. Heb. walk.

They give.

145:16

the wild.

Job 39:5-8

quench. Heb. break.

the fowls.

16,17; 50:11; 84:3; 148:10; Mt 6:26

sing. Heb. give a voice.

147:9

watereth.

147:8; De 11:11; Job 38:25-28,37; Jer 10:13; 14:22; Mt 5:45

Ac 14:17

his chambers.

3; Am 9:6

the earth.

65:9-13

causeth.

145:15,16; 147:8,9; Ge 1:11,12,29; 2:5; 1Ki 18:5; Jer 14:5,6

Joe 2:22

herb.

Ge 1:29; 2:9; 3:18; 9:3

that he.

136:25; Ge 4:12; Job 28:5; 1Co 3:7

wine.

23:5; Jud 9:13; Pr 31:6; Ec 10:19; Jer 31:12; Zec 9:15-17; Mr 14:23

Eph 5:18

oil to make his, etc. Heb. to make his face shine with oil,or, more than oil.

92:10; De 28:40; Jud 9:9; Ec 8:1; 9:7; So 1:2-4; Heb 1:9; 1Jo 2:20

bread.

105:16; Le 26:26; De 8:3; Isa 3:1; Eze 4:16; 5:16; 14:13

29:5; 92:2; Nu 24:6; Eze 17:23

the birds.

12; Jer 22:23; Eze 31:6; Da 4:21; Ob 1:4; Mt 13:32

as for.

Le 11:19; Jer 8:7

the stork.The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils: it feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name {chaseedah,} which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek [storge,] natural affection.

the wild goats.The {yäâl,} is the ibex, or rock goat, so called from {âlah,} to ascend, because it is famous for mounting to the tops of the highest rocks. Its general appearance is that of the tame goat, of a dusky brown colour; but the male is larger, with long horns, bending backwards.

1Sa 24:2; Job 39:1

the conies.

De 14:7; Pr 30:26

8:3; 136:7-9; Ge 1:14-18; De 4:19; Job 31:26-28; 38:12; Jer 31:35

makest.

74:16; 139:10-12; Ge 1:4,5; 8:22; Isa 45:7; Am 1:13

of the forest do creep forth. Heb. thereof do trample on theforest.

The young.

34:10; Job 38:39; Isa 31:4; Eze 19:2-14; Am 3:4

seek.

147:9; Job 38:41; Joe 1:18,20; 2:22

Job 24:13-17; Na 3:17; Joh 3:20

Ge 3:19; Jud 19:16; Ec 5:12; Eph 4:28; 2Th 3:8-12

how.

8:3; 40:5; 107:31; Ne 9:6; Job 5:9

in wisdom.

136:5; Ge 1:31; Pr 3:19,20; 8:22-36; Jer 10:12; Ro 11:33; Eph 1:8

Eph 3:10

the earth.

24:1; 50:10-12; 65:11; Ge 1:11,12,24,25; 1Ti 6:17

this great.

95:4,5; Ge 1:20-22,28; De 33:14-16,19

beasts.

Ge 3:1; Ac 28:5

There go.

107:23; Ge 49:13

leviathan.

74:14; Job 3:8; *marg:

Job 41:1-34; Isa 27:1

made. Heb. formed. to play.

Job 41:5,29

36:6; 136:25; 145:15,16; 147:9; Job 38:41; Lu 12:24-28

hidest.

30:7; Job 13:24; 34:29; Ro 8:20-22

thou takest.

146:4; Job 34:14,15; Ec 12:7; Ac 17:25

return.

90:3; Ge 3:19

sendest.

33:6; Job 26:13; 33:4; Isa 32:14,15; Eze 37:9; Eph 2:1,4,5

Tit 3:5

renewest.

Isa 65:17; 66:22; Re 21:5

The glory.

102:16; Ro 11:36; Ga 1:5; Eph 3:21; 2Ti 4:18; Heb 13:21; 1Pe 5:11

2Pe 3:18; Re 5:12,13

endure. Heb. be. rejoice.

Ge 1:31; Ex 31:17; Isa 62:5; 65:18,19; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17

Lu 15:5,6,22-24

looketh.

77:16; 97:4,5; 114:7; Isa 64:2; Jer 4:23-26; 5:22; Am 8:8; Na 1:5,6

Hab 3:5,6,10; Re 20:11

he toucheth.

50:3; 144:5; Ex 19:18; Isa 64:1,2; Re 19:3

63:4; 145:1,2; 146:2

meditation.

1:2; 63:5,6; 77:12; 119:15,16,111,127,128,167; 139:17,18

Pr 24:14

I will be.

32:11; Hab 3:17,18; Lu 1:47; Php 4:4

sinners.

1:4; 37:38; 59:13; 68:1,2; 73:27; 101:8; Jud 5:31; Pr 2:22; Re 19:1,2

Bless.

1; 103:1,2,22

Isaiah 40:12-31

measured.

48:13; Job 11:7-9; 38:4-11; Ps 102:25,26; 104:2,3; Pr 8:26-28; 30:4

Heb 1:10-12; Re 20:11

measure. Heb. tierce. weighed.

Job 28:25

hath directed.

Job 21:22; 36:22,23; Lu 10:22; Joh 1:13; Ro 11:34; 1Co 2:16

Eph 1:11

his counsellor. Heb. man of his counsel.

instructed him. Heb. made him understand. understanding.Heb. understandings.

1Co 12:4-6; Col 2:3; Jas 1:17

the nations.

22; Job 34:14,15; Jer 10:10

the isles.

11:11; 41:5; 59:18; 66:19; Ge 10:5; Da 11:18; Zep 2:11

nor.

Ps 40:6; 50:10-12; Mic 6:6,7; Heb 10:5-10

as nothing.

Job 25:6; Ps 62:9; Da 4:34,35; 2Co 12:11

25; 46:5,9; Ex 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 20:4; De 33:26; 1Sa 2:2; Job 40:9

Ps 86:8-10; 89:6,8; 113:5; Jer 10:6,16; Mic 7:18; Ac 17:29

Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

37:18,19; 41:6,7; 44:10-12; 46:6,7; Ex 32:2-4; Jud 17:4; Ps 115:4-8

Ps 135:15,18; Jer 10:3-5,9; Ho 8:6; Hab 2:18,19

is so impoverished that he hath no oblation. Heb. is poor ofoblation. chooseth.

2:8,9; 44:13-19; Jer 10:3,4; Da 5:23

shall not.

41:7; 46:7; 1Sa 5:3,4

27:11; 44:20; 46:8; Ps 19:1-5; 115:8; Jer 10:8-12; Ac 14:17

Ro 1:19-21,28; 3:1,2

It is he that sitteth. or, Him that sitteth, etc.

19:1; 66:1; Ps 2:4; 29:10; 68:33

the inhabitants.

15,17; Nu 13:33

stretcheth.

42:5; 44:24; 51:13; Job 9:8; 37:18; 38:4-9; Ps 102:25,26; 104:2

Jer 10:12; Zec 12:1; Heb 1:10-12

as a curtain.Or, "as a thin veil," as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a {velum,} umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain."

19:13,14; 23:9; 24:21,22; Job 12:21; 34:19,20; Ps 76:12; 107:40

Jer 25:18-27; Lu 1:51,52; Re 19:18-20

they shall not be planted.

14:21,22; 17:11; 1Ki 21:21,22; 2Ki 10:11; Job 15:30-33; 18:16-19

Jer 22:30; Na 1:14

he shall also.

7; 11:4; 30:33; 37:7; 2Sa 22:16; Job 4:9; Hag 1:9

and the.

17:13; 41:16; Job 21:18; Ps 58:9; Pr 1:27; Jer 23:19; Ho 13:3,15

Zec 7:14; 9:14

18; De 4:15-18,33; 5:8

Lift.