when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
The question which Job had asked (Job 28:12) he asks again here; for it is too worthy, too weighty, to be let fall, until we speed in the enquiry. Concerning this we must seek till we find, till we get some satisfactory account of it.
Commenting on Job 28:20-28
Then did he see it, and declare it,.... His own wisdom, when he made and executed his decrees concerning rain, lightning, and thunder; he saw it in himself, and as it appeared in the works of his hands, which he looked on and approved of, and saw that all was very good; and he declared it to others, by his works of nature and providence...
The decree regulating at what time and place, and in what quantity, the rain should fall. a way--through the parted clouds (Job 38:25; Zac 10:1).