Job 37   Job 37:1-24 .  1. At this--when I hear the thundering
of the Divine Majesty. Perhaps the storm already had begun, out
of which God was to address Job ( Job 38:1 ).  2. Hear
attentively--the thunder (noise), &c., and then you will feel
that there is good reason to tremble. sound--muttering of the
thunder.  3. directeth it--however zigzag the lightning's
course; or, rather, it applies to the pealing roll of the
thunder. God's all-embracing power. ends--literally, "wings,"
"skirts," the habitable earth being often compared to an
extended garment ( Job 38:13 , Isaiah 11:12 ).  4. The
thunderclap follows at an interval after the flash. stay them--
He will not hold back the lightnings ( Job 37:3 ), when the
thunder is heard [MAURER]. Rather, take "them" as the usual
concomitants of thunder, namely, rain and hail [UMBREIT] ( Job
40:9 ).  5. ( Job 36:26 , Psalms 65:6 , 139:14 ). The sublimity
of the description lies in this, that God is everywhere in the
storm, directing it whither He will [BARNES]. See Psalm