30. light--lightning.
it--His tabernacle
(Job 36:29).
The light, in an instant spread over the vast mass of dark clouds,
forms a striking picture.
spread--is repeated from
Job 36:29
to form an antithesis. "He spreads not only clouds, but
light."
covereth the bottom--roots.
of the sea--namely, with the light. In the storm the depths of
ocean are laid bare; and the light "covers" them, at the same moment
that it "spreads" across the dark sky. So in
Ps 18:14, 15,
the discovering of "the channels of waters" follows the "lightnings."
UMBREIT translates: "He spreadeth His light
upon Himself, and covereth Himself with the roots of the
sea"
(Ps 104:2).
God's garment is woven of celestial light and of the watery depths,
raised to the sky to form His cloudy canopy. The phrase, "cover Himself
with the roots of the sea," is harsh; but the image is grand.
JFB.
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