The vapours; which are the matter of clouds and rain. From the ends of the earth; either,
1. From the sea, the common source of vapours, 1 Kings 18:44 Amos 5:8; wherewith both the earth in general, and several particular countries, are terminated or bounded: or rather,
2. From all parts of the earth, from one end to another; as the borders of a land are commonly put for the whole land, from one border to another, as Psalms 105:31,33 Psalms 147:14, and oft elsewhere. For in this sense this phrase is generally used in Scripture, as Job 28:24, Job 38:13 Psalms 19:4,6 Psalms 48:10, and every where. He maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth water even out of the fire; he maketh thick clouds, which being broken produce lightnings, and so are dissolved into showers of rain. So the lightnings are both a sign, and in some sort the cause of rain. Or, he maketh lightnings with (as this particle is used, Genesis 46:26 Psalms 89:4, Psalms 119:56,98) rain, i.e. he causeth both of them to come out of the same cloud. Out of his treasuries; out of those secret places where he reserves them, and whence he bringeth them, as he sees fit. Thus we read of treasures of snow and hail, Job 38:22; not that they are formally laid up in any certain places, but to signify that God hath them as much at his disposal, as any man hath that which he hath laid up in his stores.