Verse 11
Third strophe The mightiest forces of nature are simply the agencies of the divine will, a will which subdues to itself the most discordant elements of the physical and moral world. All that we can know, and all that we can think, of God, is but a zephyr of his presence as he walks in the visible garden of the universe, (Genesis 3:8,) Job 26:11-14.
11. Pillars of heaven See note on Job 26:7 and Job 9:6. That the reference of Job to the popular belief that the mountains, as “pillars,” upheld the heavens, must be figurative, is evident from Job 26:7, where the power of God is said to uphold the north (the heaven) over the empty place.
Tremble The Hebrew yerophaphou, occurring only here, may be fancied to oscillate like the earth-quivering it is intended to convey.
Reproof The thunder, which is often called “the voice of God,” was regarded as his rebuke of the world. Psalms 104:7. By a powerful personification, the mountain heights (pillars of heaven) are represented as being astonished with terror! Psalms 114:6.
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