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Verse Psalms 104:28. _THAT THOU GIVEST THEM THEY GATHER_] All
creatures are formed with such and such digestive organs, and the food
proper for them is provided. Infinitely varied as are living creatu...
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THAT THOU GIVEST THEM THEY GATHER - What thou dost place before them
they collect. They have no resources of their own. They can invent
nothing; they cannot vary their food by art, as man does; they c...
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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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HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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THOU OPENEST THINE HAND— The ideas in these verses can be excelled
by nothing but by the concise elegance of the expressions; which
convey to the human mind the most sublime and awful conceptions of
t...
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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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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...
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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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תִּתֵּ֣ן לָ֭הֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן
תִּפְתַּ֥ח יָֽ֝דְךָ֗ יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן...
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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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Grieved not his words. That is, he was not wanting to fulfil his
words: or he did not grieve Moses and Aaron, the carriers of his
words: or he did not grieve his words, that is, his sons, the children...
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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...
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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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THAT THOU GIVEST THEM THEY GATHER,.... What God bestows upon them as a
bounty of Providence they take and make use of, and in their way
thankfully, and without repining; some gather it up for immediat...
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Psalms 104:28 _[That] thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine
hand, they are filled with good._
Ver. 28. _That thou givest them they gather_] Neither have they the
least morsel of meat b...
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_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...
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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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That Thou givest them they gather, from the various places where it is
provided; THOU OPENEST THINE HAND, THEY ARE FILLED WITH GOOD,
plentifully supplied with all they need....
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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...
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Whatsoever they receive is from thy bounty and gift. THOU OPENEST
THINE HAND; thou providest plentifully for them; as this phrase
implies, DEUTERONOMY 15:1: compare PROVERBS 31:20....
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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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_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...
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_These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their meat in
due season._
THE WAITING WORLD SUPPLIED
Often the poet, rather than the scientist, is the true interpreter of
nature. Mystic links...
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_That Thou givest them they gather._
GOD’S GIVING AND MAN’S GATHERING
I. God alone gives; we only gather. He is the Sole Proprietor in the
universe, and of it. We can have nothing but by His bestowa...
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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 104:27 Each living thing on the land and sea
(THESE ALL) depends on God to supply their FOOD IN DUE SEASON and
their very BREATH....
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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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2 Kings 6:33; Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:22; Exodus 16:4; James 1:17;...