482 Verl. S. -nFxlyfrionr.Pon the Book of JO B. <_hap..37,- Verf. 8. Then the beafls go into deli, and remain in their places. There are two words in the Hebrew which fignifiebruits, or Paoli+ fern beaks. The word here ufed properly lignifies wild bealls, the o. qua"' betra, a Cher tame beaks, fuch as are for our ule, and brought up co out vivae:it:ne,nont hand. The text intends the wild beaks the beaks of the forref e]clevex t'i- , tartfrgnfi'cae. the beaus of prey, they go into dens, therePeek fhelter in fnow bruf. time, or when the great tarn of the frength of God falleth upon the earth. "I he Pialmìti (Pfel.1©.4. 2e. )ç defcribes the beaks ordinarily going out of their dens when the night comes; Then faith he) aft the (walls of the forref go forth. Here we have the beaks, whether night or day, driven to their dens by a. fform, . or by the Snow; then they go to their dens and places of fhelter,, 'or,aswe fpeak,to Covert. 1-he word rendredDens,figniues a place of ambufh,or of lying in wait; fuch are the dens of wildbeaks; as it is faid of the wicked (Pfal. t o,9,) IleBeth inwait fecretly, as a.. rebadverbo Lion in his den, to catch the peor, &cr It is this word., Such kind sirab, inftdia- of retreats have thewild beaks, they have their dens, which are ri.Et iogreditur al `o places to watch for their prey : And as they often go to their hegia in tiles, i. e. dens uponchoice,: or of their ownaccord, fo they are fometimes ti.butaundein- driven to them (as in the text) for fhelter agairfla form. ?bare. ,(àdietur..Merc. the bests go into dens, Andremain in their places. They not only go into dens, but there they remain, they keep home, the foci keps them in. As when the flood of waters, the great rain of Gods krength, was upon the earth, 7,ahwas filut into the Ark, and there he remained (Gen. y.,) he did not only go in,hut Rayed in till- the flood was afiwaged; fo it is faidhere of the beaks, they remain in their places, they will not budge nor piep out till the form beover. Hence note, Pita ; The Providence: of-God in vario>;ts feafons, affeii theveri beaisofthe earth , Thole creatures which live only a life of fenfe, yet partake fornethatof reafon, at leak, they adt according to reafon ; they are feat-Mc of what Goddoth, though thepknow not that he doth it,.
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