Job 42:5 - Exposition

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear . Hitherto, i.e; I have had nothing but hearsay knowledge of thee; I have not known thee in any true sense; but now —now that thou hast revealed thyself— mine eye seeth thee; my spiritual eye is opened, and 1 begin to see thee in thy true might, thy true greatness, thy true inscrutableness. Now I recognize the distance which separates us, and feel how unreasonable it is that I should contend with thee, argue with thee, assume myself to be competent to pass judgment on thy doings. "Wherefore I abhor myself," etc.