Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 9:7

7. Which commandeth the Sun, and it riseth not , and sealeth up the stars .

He speaks either 1. of that which God can do; or rather (as he doth in the foregoing and following Instances.) 2. Of what God actually doth, and that either 1. ordinarily; and so he gives Laws to the Sun that it shall not rise, but at such times, and to such places, and in such manner as he hath appointed; as that it shall rise constantly at its set time and never disorderly; that it shall not rise for divers Months together in some parts of the World, &c. Or rather 2. Extraordinarily, (for of such Works of God he discourseth in this place) and so it may note either some stop given to the Sun for a small season, like that in Ioshua's time; which might have been, though it be not recorded, or some extraordinary tempest or dark season, wherein the morning is made darkness, as the phrase is, Amos 4. 13. Compare 5. 8. wherein the Sun doth not at all appear (as it was for many [illegible: 1+ letters]ays together, Act. 27. 20.) and consequently is to those places and persons, as if he were not risen. For things in Scripture are oft said to be, or not to be, when they appear, or disappear; of which some Instances have been formerly given, and more we shall have hereafter, in their proper places.

i. e. As it were covereth and shutteth them up that they may not shine, as in dark and dismal Tempests, like that now mentioned, Act. 27. 20. when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days.