For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
Ver. 2. For he hath founded it upon the seas] The solid earth he hath founded upon the liquid waters. This Aristotle acknowledgeth to be a miracle; as also that the waters, which are naturally above the earth, overflow it not, but are kept within their shores, as within doors and bars. This is the very finger of God, and a standing miracle, worthy to be predicated to his praise all the world over, Job 38:6,8, &c. See Trapp on " Job 38:6 " See Trapp on " Job 38:7 " See Trapp on " Job 38:8 " See also Genesis 1:9, See Trapp on " Gen 1:9 "
And established it upon the floods] Upon the waves and surges of the sea; which, but for God's decree, would soon surmount it. The dry land is that which is here called Tebel, οικουμενη, the habitable world. And this is God's universal kingdom, which because less considerable, the prophet speaketh but little of it in comparison, as hastening to the spiritual.