John Trapp on Job 38:6

Verſe 6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof faſtened?] Surely, upon nothing, but the word of Gods power. The Philoſophers diſpute many things concerning the foundations of the earth; but without any ſound foundation of good reaſon. Some Jew-Doctors make the mountains to be them: but theſe bear not up the earth, but the contrary. The Pſalmiſt ſaith, that God hath founded the ſolid earth upon the liquid waters, Pſal. 24. wherein appeareth the infinite wiſedom and power of God the founder. Vitruvius ſaith, In ſolido extruendum, foundations muſt be laid in ſolid places. But God is not tyed to rules: his works are in oppoſitis mediis, as was above noted.

Or who [illegible: 1 letter]aid the corner-ſtone thereof?] i. e. The Center (ſay ſome Jew-Doctors) whither all heavie things are carried, and about which the whole world hangeth: the elements and heavenly orbs ſurrounding it in their motions. Others fetch this corner-ſtone out of the middle of the ſea. But all this diſcourſe is metaphorical, to ſhew the firmneſſe of the work, wherein none had any hand but only the eſſential wiſdom of God, Prov. 8. who did it with more eaſe than men can build an houſe.