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Job_26:9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, [and] spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Ver. 9. He holdeth back the face of his throne] i.e. Of heaven, Isa_66:1, which he soon overcloudeth and muffleth up, or masketh, with a veil. Mystically, by the face of his throne, we may understand the knowledge of his glory; for this is held from us so in this world, that we cannot perfectly know him as he is, but must content ourselves with a learned ignorance, 1Jn_3:3. Here darkness is, and will be, under his feet, Psa_18:9.
And spreadeth his cloud upon it] It is fitly called his cloud, because, 1. It is his handiwork, Psa_18:11; Gen_9:14; Job_28:26-27; Job_37:15-16; Job_38:9; Psa_104:5. His sun draweth up those vapours, which, being thickened in the middle region of the air by the cold encompassing and driving them together, become a cloud. 2. He used it of old as a sign of his glorious power and gracious presence with his people, Exo_13:21; Exo_16:10 2Ch_5:13-14; and as a figure of Christ’s guiding and protecting his Church through the wilderness of this world, Isa_4:5-6 3. He still rideth in state upon the clouds, Isa_19:1. Christ was by a cloud coached up to heaven, Act_1:9, and shall come in like manner, Rev_1:7; Rev_10:1. We also shall then be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord, 1Th_4:17. - O mora! Christe, veni.