“I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.”
The statement that whatever God does is eternal and unchangeable, and that God makes people fear him to create a sense of reverence and dependence, suggests that the cosmic order reflects God's immutable will and character. The inability to add to or diminish what God has made implies that human effort to improve or transform the fundamental structures of existence proves futile. The recommendation to fear God—to acknowledge divine transcendence and power—represents the appropriate response to this realization, replacing both arrogant ambition and despairing nihilism.
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