3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
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For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Thunder and lightning, which usually go together, are sensible indications of the glory and majesty, the power and terror, of Almighty God, one to the ear and the other to the eye; in these God leaves not himself without witness of his greatness, as, in the rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, he leaves not himself without witness of his goodness (Acts 14:17), even to the most stupid and unthink…
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