George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 104:30
Land. Including the rivers, Exodus vii. 1., and viii. 3. --- Kings, or noblemen. (Berthier)
Land. Including the rivers, Exodus vii. 1., and viii. 3. --- Kings, or noblemen. (Berthier)
Verse Psalms 104:30. _THOU SENDEST FORTH THY SPIRIT, THEY ARE CREATED_] יבראון _yibbareun_, "They are created again." _AND THOU RENEWEST THE FACE OF THE EARTH._] Do not these words plainly imply a _...
THOU SENDEST FORTH THY SPIRIT, THEY ARE CREATED - That is, New races are created in their place, or start up as if they were created directly by God. They derive their being from him as really as thos...
Psalms 104 Creation's Praise _ 1. The Creator (Psalms 104:1)_ 2. The foundations of the earth (Psalms 104:5) 3. His works manifesting His kindness ...
CIV. THE GLORY OF THE CREATOR. Psalms 104:1. Yahweh's power in the heavens. He is clothed in the light which God made first (Genesis 1:3) before the heavenly bodies. He lays the foundation of His dwel...
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9. EARTH. ground. Hebrew. _'adamah._...
PSALMS 104 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Creation Hymn. ANALYSIS It is difficult to frame an Analysis of this psalm. The course of thought and observation followed therein bears Some Resemblance to the Metho...
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. -All God's creatures obtain from Him their food in due season. They die at God's pleasure: and when God sends forth Hi...
104:30 earth. (g-16) Or 'ground.'...
This is a Ps. of Nature, celebrating God's glory as seen in His works both inanimate and animate. It is an expansion of the closing vv. of Psalms 103, and like that Ps. begins and ends with the phrase...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ *CREATOR GOD, KEEPING EVERYTHING ALIVE! PSALMS 104 Jesus said, "Are not two *sparrows sold for a farthing? But not one of them falls to the ground without your F...
SPIRIT. — Rather, _breath,_ as in Psalms 104:29. We must not here think of the later theological doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The psalmist evidently regards the breath of God only as the vivifying pow...
תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח ר֭וּחֲךָ יִבָּרֵא֑וּן וּ֝ תְחַדֵּ֗שׁ פְּנֵ֣י...
Psalms 104:1 LIKE the preceding psalm, this one begins and ends with the psalmist's call to his soul to bless Jehovah. The inference has been drawn that both psalms have the same author, but that is m...
THE ALMIGHTY'S OPEN HAND Psalms 104:24 The psalmist says nothing of the operation of the great laws of nature, but passes behind and beyond to the Great Hand which opens to fill and satisfy all livin...
Again we have a great song of praise commencing and closing with the same note of personal praise. While in the former the dominant note is that of the mercy of Jehovah, here it is that of His majesty...
Thou (q) sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. (q) As the death of creatures shows that we are nothing of ourselves: so their generation declares that w...
In these verses, from others of the great works of God in the kingdom of nature, the Psalmist finds occasion to raise songs of praise. And most beautiful and expressive is the subject. In the congrega...
Psalms 104, which celebrates Jehovah as Creator requires very few remarks. It will be noticed that it is occupied almost entirely with the earth. He is clothed with the glory of the heavens, which is...
THOU SENDEST FORTH THY SPIRIT, THEY ARE CREATED,.... Thy Holy Spirit, as the Targum, who was at first concerned in the creation of all things, the heavens and the earth, and man upon it, Genesis 1:2...
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. Ver. 30. _Thou sendest forth thy spirit_] _Virtutem vivificam._ They are created] Others of the same kind ar...
_These all_ Both beasts and fishes, _wait upon thee_ Expect supplies from thy providence: which is spoken of them figuratively, and with an allusion to the manner of tame beasts and fowls, which commo...
Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, the Holy Spirit, as active in the work of creation, Genesis 1:3, THEY ARE CREATED, AND THOU RENEWEST THE FACE OF THE EARTH, with every new generation of creatures....
PRAISE OF GOD FOR HIS WORK IN THE KINGDOM OF NATURE. The psalmist, probably David, as in the preceding psalm, celebrates the glory of God in the works of His creation and providence....
19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful...
THY SPIRIT; either, 1. That spirit by which they live, which is called _the spirit of a beast_, ECCLESIASTES 3:21, which is called _their breath or spirit_, (for the word is the same there and here,)P...
Psalms 104:30 send H7971 (H8762) Spirit H7307 created H1254 (H8735) renew H2318 (H8762) face H6440 earth...
Psalms 104:30 I. The first voice we hear speaks directly for God for the Divine existence and presence with us in His works. "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God." Nature says in _her_he...
I trust that we have already felt something of holy enjoyment while our hearts and voices have been praising the Lord our God. Perhaps this Psalm may help to keep us in a praising state of mind. First...
CONTENTS: God's greatness, majesty and sovereign dominion celebrated. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist, David. CONCLUSION: It is the joy of the saints that He who is their God is a great God who may be see...
This psalm has no title in the Hebrew, but it is ascribed to David by the LXX, and by most of the Versions. It celebrates the works of God in the creation of the world, and in strains worthy of the ro...
_O Lord, how manifold are Thy works._ THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNIVERSE I. The Divine existence should constitute the central fact in all contemplations of the universe. This reflection ser...
_Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled: Thou takest away their breath, they die._ VIEWS OF DEATH I. Death disorganizes and destroys our corporeal frame. The words of the text merely announce the e...
_Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, they are created._ THE BREATH OF THE MOST HIGH GOD The Holy Spirit is called the Breath of God, as being breathed out in a mysterious and marvellous way over His whole...
_O Lord my God, Thou art very great._ A HYMN OF PRAISE TO GOD IN NATURE I. The universality of God’s workings in Nature. 1. In the domain of dead matter. He is operating in the waters as they sail...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 104:1. The phrase “Bless the LORD, O my soul,” which opens and closes the psalm, shows that the psalm is about reasons for speaking well of God. This hymn of praise celebrat...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 104:27 Each living thing on the land and sea (THESE ALL) depends on God to supply their FOOD IN DUE SEASON and their very BREATH....
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Calvin, “differs from the last, in that it neither treats of God’s special mercies bestowed on His Church, nor lifts us to the hope of a heavenly life; but painting for...
EXPOSITION "THE psalmist, in a time of severe trouble, arising from the power of the heathen, seeks consolation in reflecting on the greatness of God in nature," So Hengstenberg, correctly. The main t...
And thus he begins the hundred and fourth psalm, Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honor and majesty: You have covered yourself with light as with a g...
Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 2:5; Ezekiel 37:9; Isaiah 32:14
Spirit — That quickening power of God, by which he produces life in the creatures from time to time. For he speaks not here of the first creation, but of the continued production of living creatures....