John Gill's Exposition on Job 38:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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To satisfy the desolate and waste [ground], etc.] Which is exceeding desolate, and therefore two such words are used to express it; which is so dry and thirsty that it is one of the four things that say not it is enough, (<203016>Proverbs 30:16); and yet God can and does give it rain to its full satisfaction, (<19A413>Psalm 104:13); so the Lord satisfies souls, comparable to dry and thirsty ground, by his word and ordinances, with the goodness and fatness of his house; (see <196301>Psalm 63:1-5 65:4); and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? grass for the cattle, and herb for the service of men, (<19A414>Psalm 104:14); of like use is the word in a spiritual sense for the budding and increase of the graces of the Spirit in the Lord’s people; (see <053202>Deuteronomy 32:2 <235510>Isaiah 55:10,11).

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