Verse 9
For he spake, and it was done ,.... Or "it was" F1 ויהי "et fuit", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Gejerus; so Ainsworth. , it came into being by a word speaking, almighty power going along with it; see Genesis 1:3 ;
he commanded, and it stood fast ; every created thing continued in its being; not only all things were produced into being by his all commanding word and power, "nutu Jovis", as Maximus Tyrius speaks F2 Dissert. 25. ; but by the same all things are upheld and consist, Hebrews 1:3 , Colossians 1:17 . The poet F3 "Jussit et extendi campos", &c.; Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. Fab. 1. v. 43. uses the same word of God in the creation of things; and is the phrase in Genesis 1:3 admired by Longinus F4 De Sublimi. : or this may refer to the implantation of the grace of fear in the hearts of his people; for as he speaks life into them in regeneration, commands light to shine in their dark heart, and says to them, when in their blood, Live; so by the mighty power of his word he commands the fear of him in them, and it continues.
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