* To make the weight, etc.
   God has given an atmosphere to the earth, which, possessing a
   certain degree of gravity perfectly suited to the necessities
   of all animals, vegetables, and fluids, should be the cause,
   in His hands, of preserving animal and vegetable life; for by
   it the blood circulates in the veins of animals, and the
   juices in the tubes of vegetables.  Without this atmospheric
   pressure there could be no respiration; and the elasticity of
   the particles of air in animal and vegetable bodies, would
   rupture the vessels in which they are contained, and destroy
   both kinds of life.

  Ps 135:7  Isa 40:12 
 * he weigheth.
   He has exactly proportioned the aqueous surface of the earth
   to the terrene parts, for the purpose of evaporation, etc.