2. Quickness and speed of providence; 'run.' His eyes do not only
(2.) For evil, so it notes his anger and vindictive justice. Isa. 3:8, 'Their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.'
Kindness and anger appear first in the eye, one by its pleasantness, the other by its redness.
'Run,' that notes diligence and care, an industrious inspection into all things. Ps. 119:32, 'I will run the ways of thy commandments,' noting speed and diligence.
In the verse we have, I. A description of God's providence.
II. The end of it.
I. The description of God's providence.
1. The immediateness of it; 'his eyes,' his own eyes, not another's. Not like princes, who see by their servants' eyes more than by their own, what is done in their kingdoms; his care is immediate. Though angels are ministers of his providence, the guardians and watchers of the world, yet God is their captain, and is always himself upon the watch.
2. Quickness and speed of providence; 'run.' His eyes do not only walk, but run the round; they are not slumbering eyes, nor drowsy eyelids; their motion is quick and nimble.
3. Extent of providence; 'the whole earth;' all things in the earth, all the hairs on the heads of these men: the meanest worm as well as the mightiest prince; the lowest shrub as well as the tallest cedar; every cranny, corner, or chink of the earth.
4. Diligence of providence; 'to and fro.' His care is repeated, he looks this way and that way, again and again; his eyes are not confined to one place, fixed on one object, but are always rolling about from one place to another.