“Sapientia illius eruperunt abyssi, et nubes rore concrescunt.”
“By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.”
“By His knowledge the watery depths were broken open, and the clouds dripped with dew.”
“By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.”
“By his knowledge the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew.”
Out. The higher and lower waters being divided, (Calmet) or the channels formed to receive the waters. (Piscator) — It may also speak of the deluge. (Ven. Bede) — With. Hebrew, “have distilled dew.” This is so copious, as to resemble rain in Palestine, Judges vi. 37., and 2 Kings xvii. 12.
either, 1. By Christ, the co-essential and co-eternal Wisdom of God the Father. Or, 2. By that Divine perfection of wisdom, which is the fountain of that wisdom that is in man, which Solomon hath hitherto commended; and therefore the commendation of that wisdom tends to the commendation of this, which is a stream flowing from it. hath fixed it in the lowest part of the world. or fitted or ordered them; framed them in that exquisite order which now they have,
I. What it is to find wisdom so as to be made happy by it.
Verses 13-20 No precious jewels or earthly treasures are worthy to be compared with true wisdom, whether the concerns of time or eternity be considered. We must make wisdom our business; we must venture all in it, and be willing to part with all for it. This Wisdom is the Lord Jesus Christ and his salvation, sought and obtained by faith and prayer. Were it not for unbelief, remaining sinfulness, and carelessness, we should find all our ways pleasantness, and our paths peace, for his are so; but we too often step aside from them, to our own hurt and grief. Christ is that Wisdom, by whom the worlds were made, and still are in being; happy are those to whom he is made of God wisdom. He has wherewithal to make good all his promises.
“God also said; Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done.”
“In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened:”