Elihu describes how God 'spreads his lightning about him and covers the roots of the sea,' suggesting divine power over weather and water phenomena. This verse provides another example of divine action in natural phenomena, emphasizing divine power and control over forces that human beings cannot control. The image of lightning spreading and the roots of the sea being covered suggests comprehensive divine dominion. Elihu uses these images to establish divine power as the ground of divine authority. Yet the verse also raises questions: if divine power is manifested in thunderstorms and lightning, forces that are destructive as well as beneficial, does this justify Elihu's confidence that divine power is always exercised justly?

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