Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
The call first spoken to Job is a call to all people to stop, stand still, and attentively consider the wondrous works of God. Those works are set in nature as the display of His power, and the surrounding verses make that display specific in the weather and the sky.
In nature they reveal His greatness and power, and more fully His majesty, perfect knowledge, justice, and righteousness. They at the same time make plain that human beings cannot fully comprehend or understand those works and cannot tell Him what to do. Attentive consideration of them humbles human claims to knowledge. Therefore what is required is reverent attention to His greatness and works, treating as sacred rather than common what He has made sacred, for His majesty inspires reverence.
The call first spoken to Job is a call to all people to stop, stand still, and attentively consider the wondrous works of God. Those works are set in nature as the display of His power, and the surrounding verses make that display specific in the weather and the sky.
In nature they reveal His greatness and power, and more fully His majesty, perfect knowledge, justice, and righteousness. They at the same time make plain that human beings cannot fully comprehend or understand those works and cannot tell Him what to do. Attentive consideration of them humbles human claims to knowledge. Therefore what is required is reverent attention to His greatness and works, treating as sacred rather than common what He has made sacred, for His majesty inspires reverence.