God's ongoing activity: 'By his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop their dew.' 'Knowledge' (yada'at) here parallels wisdom and understanding; through God's knowledge, the waters of creation were ordered and the hydrological cycle established. Every rain that falls is testimony to God's ordering wisdom. The verse indicates that God's wisdom is not merely a past creative act but an ongoing principle sustaining the natural world. The young person learns to see wisdom in the created order constantly renewed and sustained. This creates an appropriate humility: the universe operates according to principles of wisdom far exceeding human understanding.

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