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Verse Psalms 104:25. _THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA_] The original is very
emphatic: זה הים גדול ורחב ידים _zeh haiyam gadol
urechab yadayim_, "This very sea, great and extensive of hands." Its
waters, like...
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SO IS THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA ... - Our translation here does not
quite express the beauty and the force of the original; “This sea!
Great and broad of hands! There is the creeping thing - and there i...
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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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O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them
all: the earth is full of thy riches.
-From the sun and moon, the highest of the visible manifestations of
God's omnipotence and lo...
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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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_So is_ THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA] RV 'Yonder is the sea, great and
wide.' THINGS CREEPING, etc.] or, 'things moving,' etc.: see Genesis
1:21....
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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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SO IS... — BETTER, _Yonder is the sea great and broad._ For a moment
the poet, “lost in wonder, love and praise,” has forgotten his
model, the Mosaic account of creation. But suddenly, as his eye
catc...
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זֶ֤ה ׀ הַ יָּ֥ם גָּדֹול֮ וּ רְחַ֪ב
יָ֫דָ֥יִם
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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 turned their heart, &c. Not that God (who is never the author of
sin) moved the Egyptians to hate and persecute his people; but that
the Egyptians took occasion of hating and envying them, from the...
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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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25._Great is this sea, and wide in extent _After having treated of the
evidences which the earth affords of the glory of God, the prophet
goes down into the sea, and teaches us that it is a new mirror...
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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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SO IS THIS GREAT AND WIDE SEA,.... One of the great and manifold works
of God, made in his wisdom, and full of his riches and possessions, as
the earth is; this is that collection of waters which God...
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Psalms 104:25 [So is] this great and wide sea, wherein [are] things
creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Ver. 25. _So is this great and wide sea_] _Latum manibus, id est
sinubus; _ yet...
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_O Lord, how manifold are thy works_ How numerous, how various! Of how
many kinds, and how many of every kind. Thus, “transported with a
survey of the wonders which present themselves in heaven above,...
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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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So is this great and wide sea, spreading out so far, to the distant
horizon, WHEREIN ARE THINGS CREEPING INNUMERABLE, BOTH SMALL AND GREAT
BEASTS....
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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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CREEPING: this word is common to all creatures that move without feet,
touching with their belly the element in which they move, whether they
creep upon the earth or swim in the sea....
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Psalms 104:25 great H1419 wide H7342 H3027 sea H3220 innumerable H4557
things H7431 things H2416 small H6996 gre
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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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_So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping
innumerable._
THE SEA’S INHABITANTS
Since the psalmist’s days our knowledge of the grandeur of the seas,
and of their marvellous fulness of...
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THE GREAT, WIDE SEA
Yonder is the sea, great and wide. Psalms 104:25.
Some people think that the writer of this psalm was sitting on the
slopes of Mount Lebanon when he composed it. He was speaking...
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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 104:25 After celebrating God’s care for the
land animals, the song moves on to the open SEA... WHICH TEEMS WITH
CREATURES INNUMERABLE (corresponding to the fifth creation day,...
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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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Acts 28:5; Deuteronomy 33:14; Deuteronomy 33:19; Genesis 1:20;...
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Creeping — This word is common to all creatures that move without
feet....