(1) В¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, (2) Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. (3) Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
These verses form a short but striking description of GOD'S sovereignty. Bildad, it should seem, was grown tired of the controversy, and therefore, instead of contending any longer with Job, he contents himself in joining with Job, in following up what the man of Uz had keen dwelling upon, of the greatness and holiness of GOD, in the preceding chapter. The terms are very striking the Shuhite makes use of, to set forth the brightness and glorious excellency of GOD. The shining of his light, so universal; the vast and incalculable number of his armies, and, of consequence, the unlimited sovereignty of his government: all these are happily chosen to set forth the infinite majesty of the Almighty. How great must he be, and how glorious, who ruleth in heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, who sitteth (as one of the sacred writers represent him) upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are but as grasshoppers; Isaiah 40:22. If the Reader would see a further account of this High and Lofty One, who inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, he will find more to the same amount, in a stile infinitely sublime and magnificent, from the 12th verse of the same chapter onward. But I beg of him, when he hath so done, to compare with it that illustrious prophecy concerning the LORD JESUS, Daniel 2:44-45. and what a flood of light and glory will pour in upon his soul, if so be he hath been taught the truth, as it is in JESUS, that this is He whom both prophets describe; and who is at one and the same moment, in his glorious person, one with the FATHER, over all, GOD blessed forever; and one with his people, their Sovereign LORD and Redeemer. Amen.