Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 104:21
Roar — They roar when they come within sight of their prey. Seek — Their roaring is a kind of natural prayer to God, for relief.
Roar — They roar when they come within sight of their prey. Seek — Their roaring is a kind of natural prayer to God, for relief.
Verse Psalms 104:21. _THE YOUNG LIONS ROAR AFTER THEIR PREY_] It is said of the lion, that his _roaring_ is so terrible as to astonish and quite unnerve the beast which he pursues; so that, though fle...
THE YOUNG LIONS ROAR AFTER THEIR PREY - This is a continuation of the description in the previous verse. At night the beasts which had been hidden in the daytime crawl forth and seek their food. The l...
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 YOUNG LIONS ROAR AFTER THEIR PREY— Dr. Hammond observes, that lions are not provided with great swiftness of foot to pursue those beasts on which they prey. It is necessary, therefore, that this d...
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...
Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. THOU MAKEST DARKNESS ... WHEREIN ALL THE BEASTS OF THE FOREST DO CREEP FORTH. THE YOUNG LIONS ... SEEK T...
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...
הַ֭ כְּפִירִים שֹׁאֲגִ֣ים לַ † טָּ֑רֶף וּ...
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...
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat (l) from God. (l) That is, they only find meat according to God's providence, who cares even for the brute beasts....
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...
21.The _lions roar after their prey _Although lions, if hunger compels them, go forth from their dens and roar even at noon-day, yet the prophet describes what is most usually the case. He therefore s...
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 YOUNG LIONS ROAR AFTER THEIR PREY,.... Or, "at the prey" f; for, according to the Scriptures, it seems as if their time of roaring was when they have got their prey, and are tearing it and feeding...
The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. Ver. 21. _The young lions roar_] Rousing themselves out of their dens by night, and then usually seizing upon what prey God sendet...
_The young lions_ Which can no more subsist, without Divine Providence, than those that are old and infirm; _roar after their prey_ They roar, as naturalists observe, when they come within sight of th...
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 young lions roar after their prey, as they seek their food, AND SEEK THEIR MEAT FROM GOD, who gave them the instinct to hunt for their food in this manner....
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...
THE YOUNG LIONS; which can no more subsist without Divine Providence than those which are most old and decrepit. ROAR AFTER THEIR PREY; they roar when they come within sight and reach of their prey, a...
Psalms 104:21 lions H3715 roar H7580 (H8802) prey H2964 seek H1245 (H8763) food H400 God H410 The
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...
Psalms 104:20 I. Consider, with respect and admiration, the manful, cheerful view of pain and death, and indeed of the whole creation, which the psalmist has, because he has faith. There is in him no...
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...
Amos 3:4; Ezekiel 19:2; Isaiah 31:4; Job 38:39; Job 38:41;...