Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together ] He separated the water from the earth and, while the latter was collected into continents, islands, mountains, hills, and valleys, the former was collected into one place, and called seas; and by his all-controlling power and providence the waters have been retained in their place, so that they have not returned to drown the earth: and he has so adapted the solar and sonar influence exerted on the waters, that the tides are only raised to certain heights, so that they cannot overflow the shores, nor become dissipated in the atmospheric regions. In this one economy there is a whole circle of science.
The quantity of matter in the sun, moon, and in the earth, are all adjusted to each other in this astonishing provision: the course of the moon, and the diurnal and annual revolutions of the earth, are all concerned here; and so concerned, that it requires some of the nicest of the Newtonian calculations to ascertain the laws by which the whole is affected.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - Holy joy is the heart and soul of praise, and that is here pressed upo the righteous. Thankful praise is the breath and language of holy joy Religious songs are proper expressions of thankful praise. Ever endowment we possess, should be employed with all our skill an earnestness in God's service. His promises are all wise and good. Hi word is right, and therefore we are only in the right when we agre with it. His works are all done in truth. He is the righteous Lord therefore loveth righteousness. What a pity it is that this earth which is so full of the proofs and instances of God's goodness, shoul be so empty of his praises; and that of the multitudes who live upo his bounty, there are so few who live to his glory! What the Lord does he does to purpose; it stands fast. He overrules all the counsels of men, and makes them serve his counsels; even that is fulfilled, whic to us is most surprising, the eternal counsel of God, nor can any thin prevent its coming to pass.
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