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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Psalms 104:29

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 what they need to sustain their life; they die and return to their dust, Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:14.

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See also Psalms 104:29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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;...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TROUBLED. dismayed. BREATH. spirit. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. RETURN. Compare Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 al...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Blood. In reality, so that the fishes were killed. (St. Athanasius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 104:29 hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 troubled H926 (H8735) away H622 (H8799) breath H7307 die...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 17:25; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Genesis 3:19; Job 13:24; Job 34:14;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Hidest — Withdrawest the care of thy providence....

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