An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

But rather, as we, That the day-spring might take hold,¹ apprehend, and hold fast the ends of the earth. Mr. Beza expresseth it in this elegance, The Sun sends forth its rays as so many fingers, to take hold of the utmost verges or ends of the earth.

But rather, as we, That the day-spring might take hold,¹ apprehend, and hold fast the ends of the earth. Mr. Beza expresseth it in this elegancy, The Sun sends forth its rays as so many fingers, to take hold of the utmost verges or ends of the earth.

1. 1Ut extrema• terrarum oras radiis quasi totidem digitis injectis prehendet. Bez. [Greek or Hebrew] Non tam phrasi poetica quam Hebraismo alae tribuuntur terrae. Pined.Ʋt extrema• terrarum oras radiis quasi totidem digitis injectis prehendet. Bez. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Non tam phrasi poetica quam Hebraismo alae tribuuntur terrae. Pined.

The Hebrew is, The wings of the earth; and so Mr. Broughton translates, To hold the wings of the earth. By the wings of the earth, according to an Hebraism very frequent in Scripture, we are to understand the extreme or remotest parts of the earth. And because the wings of a bird are stretched out to the very utmost, when she flieth, the Hebrews call that which is the extreme or utmost bound of any thing, the wings of it; and hence, in their language, the utmost part or hem of a garment is the wing of a garment, as here and elsewhere, the utmost parts of the earth are the wings of the earth (Isa. 11.1, 2.) He shall set up an ensign for the Nations, and shall assemble the out-casts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners (or, as the Margin hath it, wings) of the earth. Thus the Lord speaks of the light, Hast thou caused the day-spring to know its place, that it might take hold of the ends or wings of the earth?