Proverbs 8:28

28 when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

Proverbs 8:28 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 8:28

When he established the clouds above
In which the waters are bound, and yet are not rent under them; and where, in the thin air, they hang heavy with them; where they are weighed by measure, and a decree made for them when they shall fall; and when they do, the Lord makes small the drops of water, which the clouds do drop and distil on men abundantly; the spreadings of which are beyond understanding, and are unaccountable, and must be referred to the power of God; who has settled and established them in the heavens, and the laws of them, ( Job 26:8 ) ( Job 28:25 Job 28:26 ) ( Job 38:28 Job 38:29 ) ; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep;
gave them strength, and still continues it, to cast out their waters, which run into the main sea, and feed and fill it, and return to their place again; which strength of flowing and reflowing can be attributed to nothing else but to the great power of God, ( Genesis 7:11 ) ( Ecclesiastes 1:7 ) .

Proverbs 8:28 In-Context

26 While as yet he had not made the earth nor the fields nor the beginning of the dust of the world,

27 when he composed the heavens, I was there. When he set a compass upon the face of the depth,

28 when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep,

29 when he gave to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

30 I was with him ordering everything; I was his delight every day, being content before him at all times;