Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 104:22
Or rather, they retire or betake themselves; for the lions do not commonly go in companies to one place, but severally, each to his own den.
Or rather, they retire or betake themselves; for the lions do not commonly go in companies to one place, but severally, each to his own den.
Verse Psalms 104:22. _THE SUN ARISETH_] The dawn of day is the warning for _man_ to arise and betake himself to his work; and is the warning to them to retire to their dens....
THE SUN ARISETH - A new scene in this endless variety of incidents in a world full of life and beauty. The psalmist sees the light break in the east, and the sun appear above the horizon - and the who...
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...
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...
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. THE SUN ARISETH, THEY ... LAY THEM DOWN IN THEIR DENS. MAN GOETH FORTH UNTO HIS WORK ... UNTIL THE EVENING. As Go...
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...
GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER] RV 'get them away.'...
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...
LAY THEM DOWN. — With sunrise all is changed. The Wild animals, with their savage instincts, give way to man with his orderly habits and arranged duties. The curse of labour, on which the account in G...
תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭ שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְ אֶל ־מ֝
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...
A HABITATION FOR BEAST AND MAN Psalms 104:13 Where there is true love for God, there will be a glad and rejoicing heart that takes pleasure in the study of His works. The loving child of a great arti...
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...
_Instruct. Hebrew, "bind" by precepts or chains, (Berthier) as he had all power. --- Wisdom. Joseph was considered as the oracle of Egypt, and the prime minister. (Calmet) --- We cannot doubt but he w...
As in the natural; set in the spiritual world, there are seasons of light and darkness; and when Jesus, the Sun of righteousness, for a moment withdraws his shining from the soul, and makes darkness t...
22._The sun shall rise _The Psalmist continues to prosecute the same subject, showing that God so distributes the successions of time, as that the day belongs properly to man. Did not God put a restra...
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...
THE SUN ARISETH, THEY GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER,.... Having gone some one way, some another, seeking their prey; but upon the sun's rising gather together in order to return from whence they came, ab...
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Ver. 22. _They yather themselves toyether_] viz. Into their dens and lurking holes, smitten with fear of light and o...
_The sun ariseth_ For as he knows the time of _his going down_, so, thanks be to God, he knows the proper time of his rising, and then the wild _beasts gather themselves together_ Or, rather, _withdra...
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....
The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, withdrawing from the open spaces where they are in danger of meeting men, AND LAY THEM DOWN IN THEIR DENS....
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...
Psalms 104:22 sun H8121 rises H2224 (H8799) together H622 (H8735) down H7257 (H8799) dens H4585...
Psalms 104:20 I. "Thou makest darkness." Darkness is a part of Divine order; at least, in the physical universe it is so: and I suppose in this respect, as in all other respects, the material univers...
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 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 104:19 On the fourth creation day, God appointed the celestial lights to mark off time for mankind. The lights still do what God appointed them to do. These verses help the Israel...
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...
Job 24:13; John 3:20; Nahum 3:17...