The breath of his mouthis synonymous with the word of the Lord: together they represent and God saidin Genesis 1:3 ff. The parallelism and the addition of his mouthseem to exclude a reference to the spirit of Godin Genesis 1:2, though the word in the original is the same. The germ of the doctrine of the Word in John 1:1; John 1:3 may be found here, though of course the Psalmist had no idea of a personal Word. Cp. Psalms 107:20; and Sir 43:26, "By his word all things consist." The host of heaven(Genesis 2:1) are the sun moon and stars, marching forth like an army in ordered array at God's command (Isaiah 40:26).

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