The Lord shall rejoice. — The poet still follows Genesis in representing God as looking on His finished work with pleasure, but he says nothing of a sabbath. But it is possible that the thought of the sabbath hymns of praise led him to join man with the Divine Being in celebrating the glory and perfection of creation.
THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER - Margin, as in Hebrew, “shall be.” It might be rendered, “Let the glory of the Lord be for ever,” implying a strong desire that it should be so. But the la...
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...
HIS WORKS. His own works....
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 glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOREVER: THE LORD SHALL REJOICE IN HIS WORKS - as He did when creation was compl...
104:31 works. (a-14) _ 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...
THE GLORY.. SHALL ENDURE.. THE LORD SHALL REJOICE] RV 'Let the glory.. endure.. let the Lord rejoice.'...
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...
יְהִ֤י כְבֹ֣וד יְהוָ֣ה לְ עֹולָ֑ם יִשְׂמַ֖ח י
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...
THE ALMIGHTY'S OPEN HAND Psalms 104:24 The psalmist says nothing of the operation of the great laws of nature, but passes behind and beyond to the Great Hand which opens to fill and satisfy all livin...
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...
_Flies. This was revealed to David, or known by tradition, as it is not recorded by Moses. (Worthington) --- Some copies of the Septuagint have, "the dog-fly," cinifes (Exodus viii. 16.) gnats, (Haydo...
The Psalmist having begun this song of sublime adoration and thanksgiving, knows not how to quit it. Again and again he dwells upon the blessed theme, and in these verses, celebrates afresh Jehovah's...
31._Glory be to Jehovah for ever _The inspired writer shows for what purpose he has celebrated in the preceding part of the psalm the power, wisdom, and goodness of God in his works, namely, to stir u...
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 GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL ENDURE FOR EVER,.... The glory which arises from the works of his hands, which is due unto him, and shall be given him; this is opposed to the perishing and fading glory of...
The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. Ver. 31. _The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever_] Or, Let glory be to the Lord for ever, _sc._ for his great wo...
_The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever_ God will never cease to manifest his glorious wisdom, power, and goodness in his works; and creatures shall never be wanting to give him the praise and ho...
The glory of the Lord shall endure forever, as manifested in His work of creation; THE LORD SHALL REJOICE IN HIS WORKS, as He did when He found them very good, Genesis 1:31....
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....
SHALL ENDURE: _ Heb._ shall be...
31-35 Man's glory is fading; God's glory is everlasting: creatures change, but with the Creator there is no variableness. And if mediation on the glories of creation be so sweet to the soul, what gre...
So the sense is, Thus God doth and will advance the glory of his wisdom, and power, and goodness in upholding and continuing the works of his hands from generation to generation, and he doth and will...
Psalms 104:31 glory H3519 LORD H3068 forever H5769 LORD H3068 rejoice H8055 (H8799) works H4639 The glory -...
Psalms 104:31 I. In God, in the ever-blessed Trinity Father, Son, and Holy Ghost we and every living thing live, and move, and have our being. He is the Infinite, whom nothing, however huge, and vast,...
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...
_The Lord shall rejoice in His works._ GOD’S JOY IN HIS WORKS With the spirit in which the psalmist penned these words, it may be, we have too infrequent and imperfect familiarity. Compelled to freq...
_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 104:31 The key to the final section is the repeated “rejoice”: MAY THE LORD REJOICE IN HIS WORKS (what he does in caring for his creation), and I rejoice in the L
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...
1 Peter 5:11; 2 Peter 3:18; 2 Timothy 4:18; Ephesians 3:21; Exodus 3
Rejoice — Thus God advances the glory of his wisdom and power and goodness, in upholding the works of his hands from generation to generation, and he takes pleasure in the preservation of his works, a...