Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 104:13
The hills — Which most need moisture. From — From the clouds. Satisfied — By this means all the parts of the earth, are made fruitful. The fruit — With the effects of those sweet showers.
The hills — Which most need moisture. From — From the clouds. Satisfied — By this means all the parts of the earth, are made fruitful. The fruit — With the effects of those sweet showers.
Verse Psalms 104:13. _FROM HIS CHAMBERS_] The _clouds_, as in Psalms 104:3. _THE EARTH IS SATISFIED_] The inhabitants of it....
HE WATERETH THE HILLS FROM HIS CHAMBERS - The waters, as stated before, run in the valleys - in the natural channels made for them among the hills, Psalms 104:10. But still, it was a fact that the hil...
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...
THE EARTH IS SATISFIED, &C.— _That the earth may be satiated with the fruit of thy works:_ Psalms 104:14 _to cause the grass to grow,_ &c. Mudge....
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...
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. -Continuation of the description of God's care of His creatures by watering the dry land; as He waters t...
104:13 works. (a-17) _ Masseh_ ; as 'occupation,' Genesis 46:33 . see Psalms 92:4 ....
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...
(5–18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water (Psalms 104:5); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees (Psalms 104...
CHAMBERS — _i.e., of cloud,_ as in Psalms 104:3. THY WORKS. — If we go by the parallelism, this means the “rain,” here called God’s works, as in Psalms 65:9 (see Note), his “river.” Others prefer to...
מַשְׁקֶ֣ה הָ֭רִים מֵ עֲלִיֹּותָ֑יו מִ פְּרִ֥י...
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...
He watereth the hills from his (g) chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. (g) From the clouds....
_People. This seems to be a fresh obstacle to their possession of Chanaan. (Calmet)_...
Here is a beautiful gradation of the provision God hath made for his creatures in animal life, rising up from the beast to man. The beast of the field, the fowl of the air, all are fed by his bounty;...
The same subject is prosecuted in the 13th verse, where it is said _that God watereth the mountains from his chambers _It is no ordinary miracle that the mountains, which seem to be condemned to perpe...
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...
HE WATERETH THE HILLS FROM HIS CHAMBERS,.... The house of his superior treasures, as the Targum. The airy regions, Psalms 104:3 with the clouds of heaven, by the rain which they drop down upon them; t...
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. Ver. 13. _He watereth the hills from his chambers_] That is from his clouds, he giveth water to hills and...
_He watereth the hills_ Which most need moisture, and have least of it in themselves; _from his chambers_ From those chambers spoken of Psalms 104:3, _the beams_ of which _he lays in the waters_, thos...
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....
He watered the hills from His chambers, from His habitation above the firmament, in abundant rains; THE EARTH IS SATISFIED WITH THE FRUIT OF THY WORKS, the rain causing every form of vegetation to gro...
10-18 When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Cre...
HE WATERETH THE HILLS; which most need moisture, and have least of it in them. FROM HIS CHAMBERS; from the clouds, as above, PSALMS 104:3. THE EARTH IS SATISFIED; by this means all the parts of the ea...
Psalms 104:13 waters H8248 (H8688) hills H2022 chambers H5944 earth H776 satisfied H7646 (H8799) fruit...
Psalms 104:13 The Bible tells us not to be religious, but to be godly. Because we think that people ought to be religious, we talk a great deal about religion; because we hardly think at all that a m...
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...
_He seneth the springs into the valleys._ THE FURNISHING OF THE EARTH 1. Because the use of fresh waters was necessary for man, and necessary it was that man should have it nigh at hand unto him, for...
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 104:10 God abundantly supplies the water that the land animals depend on. Although God made the world an ideal place for human beings to live, his creation is filled with more cre...
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...
Acts 14:17; Amos 9:6; Deuteronomy 11:11; Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 14