Behold, God [is] great, and we know [him] not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
Ver. 26. Behold, God is great] Yea, he is maximus in minimis, greatest and most of all seen in the meanest creatures; as in ants more than in elephants, &c. God showeth in his works of all sorts, se aliquantum esse; sed quantus sit rursus operibus involvit; that he is very great, but how great he is that appears not (Brent.).
Neither can the number of his years be searched out] How should they say, when as his countenance is beyond all count, Psalms 102:24; Psalms 102:27. Years are here ascribed unto him, and he is elsewhere called "Ancient of days," Daniel 7:9, and the hairs of his head are said to be white like snow, Revelation 1:14; but all this is spoken of God after the manner of men; and should teach us, neither curiously to inquire into his counsels, nor discontentedly to complain of his doings.