It is he that sitteth upon the globe of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as locusts: he that stretcheth out the heavens as nothing, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.
Ibn Ezra
חוג Circle. Comp. מחוגה compass (44:13), the instrument, which is used to describe a circle.—Here it is stated that the earth is round and not square, though no verse is required for the support of this statement; for it is known by convincing proofs. He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth. He whose glory fills the whole earth. כדוק As a curtain. Resembling the form of a tent.—The heavens mentioned here are not the Ofanim. וימתחם And spreadeth them out, as a tent to dwell under them.—The meaning of the whole passage is: The Lord is He who sitteth, etc.
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