Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Ver. 13. Who hath given him a charge over all the earth?] sc. To govern it. Is not he the Maker and Monarch of all men? Who is his superior? and to whom shall he give account? and who shall expostulate with him about injustice? Or, for fear of whom should he warp or writhe? The emperor cannot do right, saith one, because he hath none to overly awe him or question him (Theophil. Inst.). It is said of Trajan, that he neither feared nor hated any man living. What, then, shall we think of him, who is Moderator et Dominator supremus ac solus (Mercer).
Or who hath disposed the whole world?] The habitable world; and especially that habitable part of God's earth, as man is called, Proverbs 8:31 .