Job 37:7
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He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.
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Elihu here goes on to extol the wonderful power of God in the meteors and all the changes of the weather: if, in those changes, we submit to the will of God, take the weather as it is and make the best of it, why should we not do so in other changes of our condition? Here he observes the hand of God, I. In the thunder and lightning (Job 37:1-5). II. In the frost and snow, the rains and wind (Job 37:6-13). III. He applies it to Job, and challenges him to solve the phenomena of these works of nature, that confessing his ignorance in them, he might own himself an incompetent judge in the proceedings of divine Providence, (Job 37:14-22). And then, IV. Concludes with his principle, which he undertook to make out, That God is great and greatly to be feared (Job 37:23, Job 37:24).
Open source ↗37:7 everyone stops working . . . watch his power: The ending of the agricultural work season gave people time to meditate on God’s providential control.
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Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Then all mankind will fear and proclaim the work of God; so they will ponder what He has done.
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Come, see the works of the LORD, who brings devastation upon the earth.
I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.