What is the context?
Elihu calls for praise of God’s works, which people see without being able to encompass the Maker’s greatness. Rain, clouds, thunder, lightning, and abundant food give concrete form to that claim.
The same world includes both provision and judgment. The account points beyond a person’s immediate case toward the reach of divine government.
The description prepares for the next chapter’s demand that Job consider wonders he cannot command. It does not give Elihu a complete explanation of the specific storm and losses at the beginning of the book.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley reads familiar natural works as examples that should temper claims to understand hidden providence. The point is humility before the Maker. The cloud and storm language should not be turned into independently verified modern meteorology or a claim that a speaker can identify the moral cause of each weather event.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.