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, 'Bless the Lord, O my soul!' The two Pss. are probably the work of the same author. Psalms 104 fol... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAMBERS] lit. 'upper chambers': see Amos 9:6. The waters referred to are those above the firmament (Genesis 1:7; Psalms 148:4), which are the source of rain: see Psalms 104:13. WINGS OF THE WIND] see Psalms 18:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS ANGELS SPIRITS] read either, 'his angels winds,' or 'winds his messengers' (RV). The former rendering is the more natural, is parallel to that of the next clause, and is adopted in Hebrews 1:7, where the v. is quoted. The latter reading seems to give a simpler sense, but the other is quite intel... [ Continue Reading ]
FULL _of sap_] RV 'satisfied,' as in Psalms 104:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Genesis 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER] RV 'get them away.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_So is_ THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA] RV 'Yonder is the sea, great and wide.' THINGS CREEPING, etc.] or, 'things moving,' etc.: see Genesis 1:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
LEVIATHAN] see Job 41, where the crocodile is referred to. Here a sea-monster is meant.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY.. SHALL ENDURE.. THE LORD SHALL REJOICE] RV 'Let the glory.. endure.. let the Lord rejoice.'... [ Continue Reading ]
MY MEDITATION OF HIM SHALL BE SWEET] RV 'Let my meditation be sweet unto him': see Psalms 19:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
The point of the Psalmist's prayer is that evil may be banished from the world, though he identifies sin with sinners, and seems to include their destruction in his wish. PRAISE YE THE LORD] This sentence should probably be read as the beginning of the next Ps.... [ Continue Reading ]