Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
Zophar here speaks very good things concerning God and his greatness and glory, concerning man and his vanity and folly: these two compared together, and duly considered, will have a powerful influence upon our submission to all the dispensations of the divine Providence. I. See here what God is, and let him be adored. 1.
Commenting on Job 11:7-12
Canst thou by searching find out God?.... God is not to be found out by human search; that there is a God may be found out by inquiring into the book of nature, by considering the creatures that are made, who all proclaim some first cause or maker of them, who is God; but then it cannot be found out what God is, his nature...
Rather, "Penetrate to the perfections of the Almighty" (Job 9:10; Psa 139:6).