Seek him who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the LORD is his name,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 8. Arcturus and Orion. Arcturus is a bright star in the north, Orion a beautiful constellation in the south. Challoner.—Shepherds in Arabia and Spain are well acquainted with the stars. Calmet.—We have examined the meaning of cima and cesil, Job 9:9 and 38:31. S. Jerom’s master asserts that the latter means “efflugence.” Cima is rendered the Pleiades by Aquila and Th.; “the seven stars,” by Prot. Bible.—When such allusions to the heathen mythology occur, they give no sanction to it, but serve to explain what is meant. Saint Jerome—Morning, affording comfort. Calmet. 4:13.—Earth, by floods ( Calmet.) or rain. Saint Jerome