And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place.
Ver. 18. And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought] q.d. If thou, Lord, proceed to deal thus rigidly with me, viz. to number or cipher up my steps, to watch over my sins, to seal them up in a bag, &c., and all this in fierce wrath, that thou mayest lay load upon me; what mountain, what rock, what other creature is ever able to abide it? Job had said before, "Is my strength the strength of stones?" Job 6:12; "Am I a sea, or a whale?" Job 7:12 : were I these, or any the like robust creatures, yet could not I expect to stand before the displeased Omnipotency, who taketh the hills like tennis balls, and cracketh the rocks like a nut shell. See Habakkuk 1:4,6. See Trapp on " Hab 1:4 " See Trapp on " Hab 1:5 " See Trapp on " Hab 1:6 "
And the rock is removed out of his place] As in earthquakes it sometimes happens. See Job 19:5. Or by reason of the sea underlaking, it decayeth in time, and waxeth old, as the Hebrew word signifieth.