The depth saith, It [is] not in me: and the sea saith, [It is] not with me.
Ver. 14. The depth saith, It is not in me] It is not to be had above ground, may some say; but what, underground? Not there either, saith Job; for the abyss saith, that is, if it could speak, it would surely say, "It is not in me"; and the sea gives us the same verdict: dig to the centre of the earth, dive to the bottom of the sea, you shall hear no tale or tidings of her; she neither groweth with gold and precious stones in the earth, nor with pearls and coral in the sea; we must be taught by God, and the Holy Spirit must join himself to our chariot, as Philip did to the eunuch's, Acts 8:29; he must teach us this wisdom from above, or we can never learn it, Isaiah 54:13. A man may read the figure on the dial, but he cannot tell how the day goes unless the sun shine upon the dial; we may read over the book of the creature, and the book of the Scripture, but we cannot learn to purpose till the Spirit of God shine into our hearts, 2 Corinthians 4:6. The gospel is full of jewels; but they are locked up from sense and reason, 1 Corinthians 2:10. The angels in heaven are searching into these sacred depths, 1 Peter 1:12, and know not as much but they would fain know more of this manifold wisdom of God, πολυποικιλος, Ephesians 3:10, that hath such an abundance of curious variety in it, as the word there signifieth, even such as is seen in the best pictures or textures.