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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:10-18

10-18 When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does God provide for the inferior creatures, and will he not be a refuge to his people?

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See also Psalms 104:10-18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    HE SENDETH THE SPRINGS INTO THE VALLEYS - Though the waters are gathered together into seas, yet God has taken care that the earth shall not be dry, parched, and barren. He has made provision for wate...

  • 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

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • 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

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SPRINGS. — The account in Genesis goes on abruptly from the appearance of the dry land to speak of the vegetation which covers it, apparently without any physical means for its production. But a poet,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הַֽ מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ מַ֭עְיָנִים בַּ † נְּחָלִ֑ים בֵּ֥ין...

  • 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 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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • 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

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills. Ver. 10. _He sendeth the springs into the valleys_] God doth this; he by certain issues or vents sendeth forth the waves of the s...

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

    _He sendeth the springs_ “The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by a wonderful machinery, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing which moveth th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He sended the springs into the valleys, their source being in the mountains above, WHICH RUN, have their regular course, AMONG THE HILLS, in the brooks and rivers....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HE SENDETH: _ Heb._ who sendeth RUN: _ Heb._ walk...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE SPRINGS, and the rivers which come from them. THE HILLS; wherewith God hath shut in the rivers where he saw fit, that they might not overflow the land....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 104:10 sends H7971 (H8764) springs H4599 valleys H5158 flow H1980 (H8762) hills H2022 He sendeth - Heb. Who sendeth,...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

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  • 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

    _He seneth the springs into the valleys._ THE FURNISHING OF THE EARTH 1. Because the use of fresh waters was necessary for man, and necessary it was that man should have it nigh at hand unto him, for...

  • 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 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 104:10 God abundantly supplies the water that the land animals depend on. Although God made the world an ideal place for human beings to live, his creation is filled with more cre...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 8:7; Isaiah 35:7; Isaiah 41:18; Psalms 107:35...

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