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Tlie same accuracy is in Ps. cvi. : 41 — ce He opened tlie 
rock tzddr> the stratum of rock), and the waters gushed 
out : they ran in the dry places (ni h &2j batztzeeydth , — in arid 
places, — not merely a wilderness, where pasturage might be, 
and therefore moisture) — a river.” Again, let us look at a 
single metaphor in Job xxxvii. 16 : — 
" Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds ? the wondrous works of 
Him which is perfect in knowledge ? ” 
The mysterious Elihu, like the ancient observers of the 
phenomena of nature, saw a greater evidence of Divine con- 
trivance and wisdom in a single cloud than men who looked 
upon them collecting and dissipating, but did not reflect upon 
one of their greatst marvels — why are they like the dishes of a 
balance, rising and falling ? Elihu does not tell how or why 
the clouds so rise and fall, but he felt that they had something 
to do with weight, and he describes it as a wondrous work of 
God, to be sought out by man. How many ages intervened 
before Galileo discovered the cause. 
Three remarkable passages in the 40th chapter of Isaiah 
illustrate the scientific accuracy of even the poetic language of 
Scripture : — 
“ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted 
out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth 
in a tierce, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a 
balance.” (v. 12.) 
“ It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.” (v. 22.) 
“ Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things 5 
that bringeth out their host by number : He calleth them all by 
their names, by the greatness of His might, for that He is strong in 
power : not one faileth.” (v. 26.) 
How remarkably all these words agree with the fullest dis- 
coveries of science. If this did not anticipate them, the science 
of the Hebrews far exceeded anything that we know of that of 
ancient nations. 
The waters of the ocean are measured — '■pn (ma-dad) the 
proper word for exact measurement. Let us compare this 
statement with the law of evaporation, as given in Eccl. i. 7, 
and with the unity of all the seas in one ocean in Gen. i. 9 ; 
and we can form a just estimate of the scientific teaching of 
inspiration. 
“ All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full : unto the place 
from whence the rivers came, thither they return again.” 
“ Let the waters under the heaven be gathered unto one place, and let the 
dry land appear... The gathering together of the waters called He seas.” 
