Verse 13
Keep back = restrain or hold back; as the motions of the heavenly bodies are controlled. First occurrence Genesis 20:6 ; Genesis 22:12 , Genesis 22:16 ; Genesis 39:9 . Compare 1 Samuel 25:39 , &c.
from presumptuous sins. Figure of speech Hypallage. App-6 . Hebrew keep back presumptuous [men] from me.
have dominion over = rule, as the sun and moon rule the day and night (Genesis 1:18 . Psalms 136:8 , Psalms 136:9 ).
the great = much.
transgression. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44 .
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