7. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap. The waters were once scattered like corn strewn upon a threshing floor:
they are now collected in one spot as an heap. Who else could have gathered
them into one channel but their great Lord, at whose bidding the waters fled
away? The miracle of the Red Sea is repeated in nature day by day, for the sea
which now invades the shore under the impulse of sun and moon would soon devour
the land if bounds were not maintained by the divine decree. He layeth upthe depth in storehouses. The depths of the main are God’s great cellars
and storerooms for the tempestuous element. Vast reservoirs of water are
secreted in the depths of the earth, from which issue our springs and wells of
water. What a merciful provision for a pressing need! May not the text also
refer to the clouds, and the magazines of hail, and snow and rain, those
treasuries of merciful wealth for the fields of earth? These aqueous masses are
not piled away as in lumber rooms, but in storehouses for future beneficial
use.
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