His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. Stars. Which to man are innumerable. Though some have counted 1022 with Ptolemy, yet the discovery of telescopes has shewn that many more are discernible, ( Calmet.) and none would dare at present to fix their number. Bert.—Cicero (Of. i.) treats this as a thing impossible. See Genesis 15:5. Calmet.—Ptolemy could only ascertain the number of the more notorious. Worthington.—Kimchi admits 1098 created to shine, besides innumerable others, which have influence over plants, and so forth God has the most perfect knowledge of all. They are like his soldiers, whom he knows by name, (Isaiah 40:25) as the good shepherd does his sheep. John 10:3. Calmet.—We read that Cyrus knew the name of all his officers, (Cyrop. v.) and that Adrian, and Scipio, the Asiatic, could even name all the soldiers in their armies.