"Dominion and fear are with him.He makes peace in his high places. +
2. Power and terror, that is, terror-inspiring power.
peace in his high places--implying that His power is such on high
as to quell all opposition, not merely there, but on earth also. The
Holy Ghost here shadowed forth Gospel truths
(Col 1:20;
Eph 1:10).
3
Can his armies be counted?On whom does his light not arise? +
Behold, even the moon has no brightness,and the stars are not pure in his sight; +
5. "Look up even unto the moon"
(Job 15:15).
"Stars" here answer to "saints" (angels) there; "the moon" here to "the
heavens" there. Even the "stars," the most dazzling object to man's
eye, and the angels, of which the stars are emblems
(Job 4:18;
Re 9:1),
are imperfect in His sight. Theirs is the light and purity but of
creatures; His of the Creator.
6
How much less man, who is a worm,the son of man, who is a worm!" +
6.
(Job 4:19-21; 15:16).
worm . . . worm--Two distinct Hebrew words. The first, a worm bred
in putridity; alluding to man's corruption. The second a crawling
worm; implying that man is weak and grovelling.
THIRD SERIES.
Job 25:1-6. BILDAD'S REPLY.
He tries to show Job's rashness (Job 23:3), by arguments borrowed from Eliphaz (Job 15:15, with which compare Job 11:17.