Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Lo, he goeth by me. Not only nature, but man experiences the terrors of God's resistless power.
I see Him not: He passeth on. The image is that of a howling wind - "As the whirlwinds in the South pass through" (Isaiah 21:1). Like it, when it bursts invisibly upon man, so God is felt in the awful effects of his wrath, but is not seen. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and where it goeth: so is ... the Spirit" (John 3:8), Therefore, reasons Job, it is impossible to contend with Him. As the unseen storm sweeps before it irresistibly what it will, so when God removes man's dearest possessions in a moment, man cannot contend with Him, or call Him to account for so doing.