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Verse Psalms 104:32. _HE LOOKETH ON THE EARTH_] Even the look of God
terrifies all created nature!
_HE TOUCHETH THE HILLS_] So easy is it for God to burn up the earth
and the worlds thereof, that ev...
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HE LOOKETH ON THE EARTH, AND IT TREMBLETH - There is great sublimity
in this expression, as indicating the power and the majesty of God. He
has only to “look” upon his works, and they stand in awe and...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and
they smoke.
HE LOOOKETH ON THE EARTH, AND IT TREMBLETH; HE TOUCHETH THE HILLS,
AND THEY SMOKE - the ground of the confidence in...
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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...
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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...
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TREMBLETH. — With the praise is united something of awe and fear,
since the majesty and power of Him who made the world is so great. Its
very existence is dependent on His will, and a glance, a touch...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and
they (r) smoke.
(r) God's merciful face gives strength to the earth, but his severe
countenance burns the mountains....
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_Rain. Which fall in Egypt, though less frequently. (Calmet) (Wisdom
xvi. 17.)_...
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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...
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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...
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HE LOOKETH ON THE EARTH, AND IT TREMBLETH,.... As Sinai did when he
descended on it, Psalms 68:8, to which the allusion seems to be; and a
look from him, a severe one, a frowning one, will make the in...
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He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and
they smoke.
Ver. 32. _He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth_] This must be
considered, that God may be as well feared as love...
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_He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth_, &c. Unable to bear his
frown. This is a further illustration of God's powerful providence. As
when he affords his favour to creatures, they live and thrive...
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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....
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He looketh on the earth, with a frown of anger, AND IT TREMBLETH, in
fear of His punishment; HE TOUCHETH THE HILLS, AND THEY SMOKE, set on
fire at His will. Thus God could glorify His power in destruc...
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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...
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This is a further illustration of God's powerful providence over all
the creatures, and their dependence upon him; as when he affords his
favour to creatures, they live and thrive, so one the contrary...
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Psalms 104:32 looks H5027 (H8688) earth H776 trembles H7460 (H8799)
touches H5060 (H8799) hills H2022 smoke...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth._
GOD CAN SHAKE THE WORLD
Earthquakes certainly teach us that human existence in this world is
entirely dependent upon God. Probably no natural experience i...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 8:8; Exodus 19:18; Habakkuk 3:10; Habakkuk 3:5; Habakkuk 3:6;...
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He looketh — This is a farther illustration of God's powerful
providence: as when he affords his favour to creatures, they live and
thrive, so on the contrary, one angry look or touch of his upon the...