“quando æthera firmabat sursum, et librabat fontes aquarum ;”
“When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:”
“when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,”
“when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,”
“When he made firm the skies above, When the fountains of the deep became strong,”
Sky. Protestants, “clouds.” Pagnin, “the air.” Vulgate æthera. Septuagint, “the clouds above.” (Haydock) — Moses assigns the higher and lower waters the same origin, Genesis i. 7.
Verses 22-31 The Son of God declares himself to have been engaged in the creation of the world. How able, how fit is the Son of God to be the Saviour of the world, who was the Creator of it! The Son of God was ordained, before the world, to that great work. Does he delight in saving wretched sinners, and shall not we delight in his salvation?
“And god made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so.”
“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:”
“The fountains also of the deep, and the floodgates of heaven, were shut up, and the rain from heaven was restrained.”