Job 37:1

CHAPTER XXXVII

Elihu continues to set forth the wisdom and omnipotence of God,

as manifested in the thunder and lightning, 1-5;

in the snows and frosts, 6-8;

in various meteors; and shows the end for which they are sent,

9-13.

Job is exhorted to consider the wondrous works of God in the

light, in the clouds, in the winds, in heat and cold, in the

formation of the heavens, and in the changes of the atmosphere,

14-22.

The perfections of God, and how he should be reverenced by his

creatures, 23, 24.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXVII

Verse Job 37:1. My heart trembleth] This is what the Septuagint has anticipated; see under Job 36:28. A proper consideration of God's majesty in the thunder and lightning is enough to appall the stoutest heart, confound the wisest mind, and fill all with humility and devotion. This, to the middle of Job 37:5, should be added to the preceding chapter, as it is a continuation of the account of the thunder and lightning given at the conclusion of that chapter. Our present division is as absurd as it is unfortunate.