Thou (p) hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
(p) As by your presence all things have life; so if you withdraw your blessings they all perish.
Verse Psalms 104:29. _THOU HIDEST THY FACE_] If thou bring dearth or famine on the _land_, contagion in the _air_, or any destruction on the provision made by the _waters_, then beasts, fowl, and fish...
THOU HIDEST THY FACE - As if God turned away from them; as if he was displeased with them; as if he withdrew from them the tokens of his friendship and favor. THEY ARE TROUBLED - They are confounded;...
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...
TROUBLED. dismayed. BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. RETURN. Compare Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7....
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...
These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. -All God's creatures obtain from Him their food in due season. They die at God's pleasure: and when God sends forth Hi...
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...
THOU HIDEST THY FACE. — Elsewhere an image of displeasure, here only of withdrawal of providential care. (See Psalms 30:7, where the expression “troubled” also occurs.) THOU TAKEST AWAY THEIR BREATH....
תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן...
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...
_Blood. In reality, so that the fishes were killed. (St. Athanasius)_...
In these verses, from others of the great works of God in the kingdom of nature, the Psalmist finds occasion to raise songs of praise. And most beautiful and expressive is the subject. In the congrega...
29_Thou shalt hide thy face, and they shall be afraid _In these words, the Psalmist declares, that we stand or fall according to the will of God. We continue to live, so long as he sustains us by his...
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...
THOU HIDEST THY FACE, THEY ARE TROUBLED,.... God may be said to hide his face from the creatures when he withholds their food from them, when there is a scarcity of provisions, a famine in the land; w...
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Ver. 29. _Thou hidest thy face_] _i.e._ Thou withdrawest thy favour, thy concurrence, thine...
_These all_ Both beasts and fishes, _wait upon thee_ Expect supplies from thy providence: which is spoken of them figuratively, and with an allusion to the manner of tame beasts and fowls, which commo...
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....
Thou hidest Thy face, refusing, for a time, to recognize and supply their need, THEY ARE TROUBLED, terrified, immediately feeling themselves forsaken; THOU TAKEST AWAY THEIR BREATH, depriving them of...
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...
THOU HIDEST THY FACE, when thou withdrawest or suspendest the favour and care of thy providence. TROUBLED; dejected and distressed. TAKEST AWAY; so this word is used, HOSEA 4:3 ZEPHANIAH 1:2, and else...
Psalms 104:29 hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 troubled H926 (H8735) away H622 (H8799) breath H7307 die...
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...
_O Lord, how manifold are Thy works._ THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE UNIVERSE I. The Divine existence should constitute the central fact in all contemplations of the universe. This reflection ser...
_Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled: Thou takest away their breath, they die._ VIEWS OF DEATH I. Death disorganizes and destroys our corporeal frame. The words of the text merely announce the e...
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 104:27 Each living thing on the land and sea (THESE ALL) depends on God to supply their FOOD IN DUE SEASON and their very BREATH....
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 17:25; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 3:19; Job 13:24; Job 34:14;...
Hidest — Withdrawest the care of thy providence....