Commentaire sur Job 37:13

Whether for the rod Whether for the punishment of men, He lets them fall on mountains and hills, which are not places for sowing.

Divine Governance has three modes: correctional, routine (earthly) and merciful. In His Wisdom, God governs through the basic laws of Nature. For example, using them to adjust the rainfall in order to punish, to preserve or to favor, as the case may be.

whether for His land To let them fall as originally decreed, neither for the rod nor within the boundary of justice [i.e., for more benefit than strict justice warrants], but midway between [these two extremes].