It is he that builds his chambers in the heavens, and has founded his vault upon the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ascension, or his high throne. (Challoner)
Septuagint, "the ascent, and hath founded the declaration (Haydock) or promise upon", which must be explained in a moral sense. (Calmet)
Bundle. That is, his Church, bound up together by the bands of one faith and communion, (Challoner) which God will protect, and punish sinners. (Worthington)
Hebrew, "his apartments in heaven, and his assembly (or footstool) on earth. "
Sea, by floods, or rather by rain, chap. v. 8. (Calmet)