It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
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Gill's Exposition
It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven,.... The three elements, according to Aben Ezra, fire, air, and water; the orbs, as Kimchi, one above another; a word near akin to this is rendered…
Barnes' Notes
He that buildeth His stories - The word commonly means “steps,” nor is there any reason to alter it. We read of “the third heavens 2Co 12:2, the heavens of heavens Deu 10:14; 1Ki 8:27; Psa 148:4; that…
Adam Clarke
Buildeth his stories in the heaven - There is here an allusion to large houses, where there are cellars, or places dug in the ground as repositories for corn; middle apartments, or stories, for the…
We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe,
I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amo…
Cambridge Bible
That buildeth his upper chambers in the heaven, and hath founded his vault upon the earth The Hebrews pictured the sky as a solid vault (firmamentum), resting at its extremities upon the earth (Job…
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