2It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
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The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! …
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? …
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-3)Here is, 1. An instance given of the honour of God: It is his glory to conceal a matter . He needs not search into any thing, for he perfectly knows every thing by a clear and certain view, and nothing can be hidden from him; and yet his own way is in the sea and his path in the great waters . There is an unfathomable depth in his counsels, Rom. 11:33. It is but a little portion that is heard of h…
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