9. Rather, "To the north."
work--God's glorious works are especially seen towards the north
region of the sky by one in the northern hemisphere. The antithesis is
between God working and yet not being beheld: as in
Job 9:11,
between "He goeth by," and "I see Him not." If the
Hebrew bears it, the parallelism to the second clause is better
suited by translating, as UMBREIT, "doth hide
himself"; but then the antithesis to "behold" would be lost.
right hand--"in the south."
hideth--appropriately, of the unexplored south, then regarded as
uninhabitable because of its heat (see
Job 34:29).
JFB.
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