John Trapp on Job 38:13

Verſe 13. That it might take hold of the ends of the earth] That is ſuddenly illighten the whole Horizon: for which cauſe alſo David aſcribeth wings to the morning, Pſal. 139. ſo that the light is not a body, nor (as ſome will have it) a ſubſtance, but an accident. The truth is, no man can tell what it is, of any certainty: an admirable creature it is, ſurely a divine and heavenly thing, than which nothing is more deſirable, nothing more profitable. Two excellent uſes of it are here ſet forth, 1. To refreſh men by the ſight of the earth, and the things thereon. 2. To ſet us upon ſerious employments, ſuch as is the puniſhment of evil doers, for ſo ſome interpret thoſe next words.

That the wicked might be ſhaken out of it] ſc. By baniſhment, or rather by death, inflicted upon them in the light, for their deeds of darkneſſe. Or at leaſt, that thoſe Lucifugae, tenebriones, thoſe inauſpicate night-birds, who hate the light, becauſe their works are evil, might be ſhamed and ſhunned. Their Motto is, Jam lux inimica propinquat. See chap. 24. verſ. Virg. 13, 17.