Thou coveredst it with the (c) deep as [with] a garment: the (d) waters stood above the mountains.
(c) You make the sea to be an ornament to the earth.
(d) If by your power you did not bridle the rage of the waters, the whole world would be destroyed.
Verse Psalms 104:6. _THOU COVEREDST IT WITH THE DEEP_] This seems to be spoken in allusion to the creation of the earth, when it was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep,...
THOU COVEREDST IT WITH THE DEEP AS WITH A GARMENT - Compare the notes at Job 38:9. The meaning is, that God covered the earth with the sea - the waters - the abyss - as if a garment had been spread ov...
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 WATERS STOOD. Compare 2 Peter 3:5; 2 Peter 3:6 with Genesis 1:2 -....
THOU COVEREDST IT WITH THE DEEP, &C.— That is, at the first creation, the earth, while yet _without form,_ was covered all over, and, as it were, clothed with the great deep; that vast expansion of ai...
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 coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. THOU COVEREDST IT WITH THE DEEP AS WITH A GARMENT. "It," the earth. In the Hebrew the suffix is masculine, w...
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...
THE DEEP. — The water-world is first considered as a vast garment wrapped round the earth, so that the mountain-tops are covered. But here it is beyond its right, and the Divine rebuke forces it to re...
(5–18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water (Psalms 104:5); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees (Psalms 104...
תְּ֭הֹום כַּ † לְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּיתֹ֑ו עַל ־הָ֝רִ֗ים...
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 LORD'S WONDROUS HANDIWORK Psalms 104:1 The opening verses of this psalm appear to describe in sublime poetry the creation of the world. God is very great, because He created the heavens and the e...
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...
_His servant. Or "servants." (Septuagint) Vulgate is ambiguous. Hebrew declared for servant here; but, his chosen, is certainly plural, and refers to all the people, and [in] 1 Paralipomenon xvi. 13.,...
All these are so many beautiful descriptions of the various works of God in creation. They need no comment; but we may scripturalise them in reference to the new creation in Christ Jesus, and find muc...
6._He hath covered it with the deep as with a garment, _This may be understood in two ways, either as implying that now the sea covers the earth as a garment, or that at the beginning, before God by h...
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 COVEREST IT WITH THE DEEP AS WITH A GARMENT,.... This refers not to the waters of the flood, when the earth was covered with them, even the tops of the highest mountains; but to the huge mass of...
Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. Ver. 6. _Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment_] _Operueras,_ Thou hadst at first covered it, til...
_Thou coveredst it with the deep_ That is, in the first creation, of which the psalmist is here speaking, when the earth, while yet without form, was covered all over, and, as it were, clothed with 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....
Thou coveredst it with the deep, with the waters of the original chaos, over which the Spirit of God moved at the time of creation, Genesis 1:2, AS WITH A GARMENT; THE WATERS STOOD ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS...
1-9 Every object we behold calls on us to bless and praise the Lord, who is great. His eternal power and Godhead are clearly shown by the things which he hath made. God is light, and in him is no dark...
THOU COVEREDST IT WITH THE DEEP; either, 1. In the general deluge. Or rather, 2. In the first creation, as we read, GENESIS 1:2,9; of which the psalmist is here speaking. THE WATERS STOOD ABOVE THE M...
Psalms 104:6 covered H3680 (H8765) deep H8415 garment H3830 waters H4325 stood H5975 (H8799) mountains H2022...
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...
_Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not he removed for ever._ STABILITY OF NATURE ESSENTIAL TO PROSPERITY Earthquakes alone are sufficient to destroy the prosperity of any country....
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 104:5 On the third day of creation, God separated the land and the water. The dry land is therefore a safe and suitable place for its inhabitants. The description here is more ima...
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...
2 Peter 3:5; Genesis 1:2; Genesis 7:19...
The deep — In the first creation, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:9....