25 Who has cut a channel for the flood water,
or the path for the thunderstorm; 26 To cause it to rain on a land where no man is;
on the wilderness, in which there is no man; 27 to satisfy the waste and desolate ground,
to cause the tender grass to spring forth? 28 Does the rain have a father?
Or who fathers the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice?
The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it? 30 The waters become hard like stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen. 31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades,
or loosen the cords of Orion? 32 Can you lead forth the constellations in their season?
Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs? 33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you establish its dominion over the earth? 34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
That abundance of waters may cover you? 35 Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go?
Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’ 36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts?
Or who has given understanding to the mind? 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
Or who can pour out the bottles of the sky, 38 when the dust runs into a mass,
and the clods of earth stick together? 39 “Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,
or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40 when they crouch in their dens,
and lie in wait in the thicket? 41 Who provides for the raven his prey,
when his young ones cry to God,
and wander for lack of food?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 38:25-41
Commentary on Job 38:25-41
(Read Job 38:25-41)
Hitherto God had put questions to Job to show him his ignorance; now God shows his weakness. As it is but little that he knows, he ought not to arraign the Divine counsels; it is but little he can do, therefore he ought not to oppose the ways of Providence. See the all-sufficiency of the Divine Providence; it has wherewithal to satisfy the desire of every living thing. And he that takes care of the young ravens, certainly will not be wanting to his people. This being but one instance of the Divine compassion out of many, gives us occasion to think how much good our God does, every day, beyond what we are aware of. Every view we take of his infinite perfections, should remind us of his right to our love, the evil of sinning against him, and our need of his mercy and salvation.