[It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do?
&c.] Or, "is higher than the heavens" F9; either
the wisdom of God and the secrets of it; the perfection of his
wisdom, by which he has made the heavens; or evangelical wisdom,
hid in his heart, and which the highest of creatures, the angels,
come at the knowledge of only by revelation; and therefore, what
can man do to find it out, unless God reveals it? or wisdom
displayed in dark providences, which can never be accounted for
until the judgments of God are made manifest: or else, "he [that
is] God", as the Vulgate Latin version, is "higher than the
heavens"; the heaven is his throne on which he sits, and
therefore he must be higher than that; the heavens, and heaven of
heavens, cannot contain him; he fills up the infinite space
beyond them; how is it possible therefore to find him out, to
comprehend him?
deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
meaning, neither the grave nor the place of the damned, for both
which "Sheol" is sometimes used, but the centre or lowest part of
the earth; there is a depth in God, in his essence, in his
thoughts, in his wisdom, displayed in nature, providence, and
grace, that is unfathomable; we can know nothing of it but what
he is pleased to make known; see ( Psalms 92:5 ) (
Romans
11:33 ) ; the Targum of the verse is,
``in the height of heaven, what canst thou do? in the law, which is deeper than hell, what canst thou know?''