18Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
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Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-20)Elihu here addresses himself closely to Job, desiring him to apply what he had hitherto said to himself. He begs that he would hearken to this discourse (Job 37:14), that he would pause awhile: Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God . What we hear is not likely to profit us unless we consider it, and we are not likely to consider things fully unless we stand still and compose ourselve…
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