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Texts -- Psalms 104:23-35 (NET)

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104:23 Men then go out to do their work , and labor away until evening . 104:24 How many living things you have made, O Lord ! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made. 104:25 Over here is the deep , wide sea , which teems with innumerable swimming creatures , living things both small and large . 104:26 The ships travel there , and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. 104:27 All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis . 104:28 You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food . 104:29 When you ignore them, they panic . When you take away their life’s breath , they die and return to dust . 104:30 When you send your life-giving breath , they are created , and you replenish the surface of the ground . 104:31 May the splendor of the Lord endure ! May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made ! 104:32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes ; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder . 104:33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live ; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist ! 104:34 May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the Lord . 104:35 May sinners disappear from the earth , and the wicked vanish ! Praise the Lord , O my soul ! Praise the Lord !

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  • Allahkulah Kuatku dan Mazmurku [KJ.62]
  • Dengan KasihMu, ya Tuhan [KJ.461]
  • Di Gunung dan Di Lurah [KJ.66]
  • Hai Mari Sembah [KJ.4] ( O Worship the King )
  • Manusia yang Meluku [KJ.335]
  • O Roh Pencipta, Datanglah [KJ.229b]
  • O Roh Pencipta, Datanglah [KJ.229a]
  • Selama Bumi Didiami [KJ.298]
  • Sungguh Indah Alam [KJ.61]
  • Terang Matahari [KJ.322]
  • Tuhan dalam Sorga [KJ.449]
  • Tuhan, karyaMu Sungguh Besar [KJ.63] ( Many and Great, O God )
  • Ya Roh Kudus Berkurnia [KJ.238]
  • Ya Tuhan, T'rima kasih [KJ.469]
  • [Psa 104:23] Savior, To Thee We Raise Our Hymn
  • [Psa 104:24] O Lord, How Manifold The Works
  • [Psa 104:24] Thine, Lord, Is Wisdom, Thine Alone
  • [Psa 104:34] How Sweet And Silent Is The Place
  • [Psa 104:34] Savior! O What Endless Charms, The

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Isaiah 27:1; Job 41:21; Symbolic Of Satan

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • "Verse 2 describes the condition of the land before God prepared it for human beings."31"Deep"(tahom) describes the world. In the Old Testament tahomrefers to the ocean, which the ancient world regarded as symbolic of chaos a...
  • There are two views among evangelicals as to the extent of the Flood.1. A universal flood.Evidence:a. The purpose of the Flood (6:5-7, 11-13).b. The need for an ark (6:14).c. The size of the ark (6:15-16).d. The universal ter...
  • Yahweh's purpose in directing Job's attention to such inexplicable animals on land (Behemoth) and in the water (Leviathan) seems to have been the same as His purpose in His first speech. He intended to humble Job by reminding...
  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • This psalm is quite similar to Psalm 103. Both begin and end with similar calls to bless God. However, God's dealing with people is the subject of praise in Psalm 103 whereas His creation and sustenance of the world are the t...
  • 104:1b-4 The writer pictured God creating the heavens. Splendor and majesty clothe God in the sense that they manifest Him as clothing makes a statement about the person who wears it. Light is good because it brings life and ...
  • 104:24-30 The psalmist broke out in praise to Yahweh for His wisdom in creating as He did. He also acknowledged that all God created belonged to Him. This even included the sea with all its hidden treasures. Leviathan probabl...
  • This psalm begins and ends with, "Praise the Lord"(Hallelujah; cf. 104:35; et al.). The call goes out in verse 3 again. The priests in particular should praise Him because He is good and because praise is pleasant (lovely)....
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • 12:6 Solomon described the end of life first as the extinguishing of a light. The "golden bowl"is a bowl that holds a flame. When the "silver cord"that holds it breaks, the bowl crashes to the floor and the light goes out. Go...
  • Leviathan was something very horrific (Job 3:8). It seems to have been a water beast either in reality or in myth (Job 41). The psalmist used it figuratively to describe Egypt, a powerful and deadly enemy of Israel (Ps. 104:2...
  • Like the third "woe"(ch. 30), this fourth one deals with the folly of trusting in Egypt for security rather than the Lord. It applies particularly the principles set forth in the first part of the second "woe"(29:1-14), as is...
  • "After the oracles against wicked kings, there is a promise of a righteous one, the Shoot of David."313Jeremiah just announced that none of Coniah's descendants would ever rule as kings. Now he went on to clarify that a David...
  • For the second time in this incident God took the initiative to move His prophet to carry out His will (cf. v. 1). This time Jonah turned to the Lord.1:17 The identity of the great fish remains a mystery since the only record...
  • This pericope has strong ties to what precedes (16:17-18:24). It is the concluding revelation concerning the fall of Babylon, the latter-day Egypt and Tyre, and Antichrist, the ultimate Pharaoh of the Exodus and King of Tyre....

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • This contains first an important lesson as to what may be legitimately the subject of our prayers.The Lord by this juxtaposition condemns the overstrained and fantastic spiritualism which tramples down earthly wants and conde...
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