Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 38:4

4. Where wast thou , when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare, if thou hast understanding .

Then thou wast no where, thou hadst no being; thou art but of yesterday; and dost thou presume to judge of my eternal Counsels! I made the World without thy help, and therefore can govern it without thy counsel, and I do not need thee to be the Controller or Censu[illegible: 1+ letters]er of my works.

When I made the Earth, which is as the Foundation or lower part of the whole World, and settled it as firm and fast upon its own Center as if it had been built upon the surest Foundations.

But if thou art ignorant of these manifest and visible works, do not pretend to the exact knowledge of my secret Counsels and mysterious Providences.

Marginal references: Psal. 104. 5. Prov. 8. 29, & 30. 4.; Heb. if thou knowest understanding.