9The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; …
For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; …
By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful influence upon our submission to all the dispensations of the divine Providence. I. See here what God is, and let him be adored. 1. He is an incomprehensible Being, infinite and immense, whose nature and perf…
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