"When He prepared the heavens I [Wisdom] was there: when He set a compass upon the face of the depth: when He established the clouds above: when He strengthened the fountains of the deep: when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment: when He appointed the foundations of the earth."


FOOTNOTES:

[41:1] Astronomy in the Old Testament, p. 33 note.

[43:1] Astronomy in the Old Testament, p. 32.

[46:1] Ruskin, Modern Painters, part vii. chap. i.


CHAPTER V

THE ORDINANCES OF THE HEAVENS