Psalm 104:1-4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 104:1-9

When we are addressing ourselves to any religious service we must stir up ourselves to take hold on God in it (Isa. 64:7); so David does here. ?Come, my soul, where art thou? What art thou thinking of? Here is work to be done, good work, angels? work; set about it in good earnest; let all the powers and faculties be engaged and employed in it: Bless the Lord, O my soul!? In these verses, I. The psalmist looks up to the divine glory shining in the upper world, of which, though it is one of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:1

Bless the Lord, O my soul ,.... As for the blessings of grace and mercy expressed in the preceding psalm, so on account of the works of creation and providence, enumerated in this; in which Christ has an equal concern, as in the former. O Lord my God, thou art very great ; the Messiah, who is Jehovah our righteousness, Lord of all, truly God, and the God of his people; see John 20:28 and who is great, and very great, in his divine Person, being the great God, and our Saviour; great in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:2

Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment ,.... Referring, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi think, to the light, which was first created; and indeed this was commanded out of darkness by God the Word, or by the essential Word of God. Light is expressive of the nature of God himself, who is light, and in him is no darkness at all, and who dwells in light F8 "Pura in luce refulsit alma parens", Virgil. Aeneid. 2. "Et paulo post, pallas insedit, nimbo effulgens". inaccessible, and so may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters ,.... Or "his upper rooms" F9 עליותיו , υπερωα , Sept. "coenacula sua superiora", Gejerus; so Michaelis. ; one story over another being built by him in the heavens, Amos 9:6 , the chambers where he resides; his courts, as the Targum; his palace and apartments, his presence chamber particularly, the floor and beams of them are the waters bound up in the thick clouds; or the region of the air, from whence the rain descends to water... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:4

Who maketh his angels spirits ,.... The angels are spirits, or spiritual substances, yet created ones; and so differ from God, who is a spirit, and from the Holy Spirit of God, who are Creators and not creatures; angels are spirits without bodies, and so differ from the souls or spirits of men, and are immaterial, and so die not; these are made by Christ, by whom all things are made, Colossians 1:16 and so he must be greater and more excellent than they; for which purpose the passage is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1

O Lord my God, thou art very great - The works of God, which are the subject of this Psalm, particularly show the grandeur and majesty of God. The strongest proofs of the being of God, for common understandings, are derived from the works of creation, their magnitude, variety, number, economy, and use. And a proper consideration of those works presents a greater number of the attributes of the Divine nature than we can learn from any other source. Revelation alone is superior. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:2

Who coverest thyself with light - Light, insufferable splendor, is the robe of the Divine Majesty. Light and fire are generally the accompaniments of the Supreme Being, when he manifests his presence to his creatures. He appeared thus to Abraham when he made a covenant with him, Genesis 15:17 ; and to Moses when he appointed him to bring the people out of Egypt, Exodus 3:2 ; and when he gave him his law on Sinai, Exodus 19:18 . Moses calls God a consuming fire, Deuteronomy 4:24 .... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:3

עליותיו במים המקרה hamekareh bammayim aliyothaiv . "Laying the beams of his chambers in the waters." The sacred writer expresses the wonderful nature of the air aptly, and regularly constructed, from various and flux elements, into one continued and stable series, by a metaphor drawn from the singular formation of the tabernacle, which, consisting of many and different parts, and easily reparable when there was need, was kept together by a perpetual juncture and contignation of them... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:4

רחות מלאכיו עשה oseh rnalachaiv ruchoth , להט אש משרתיו mesharethaiv esh lohet . The elements are described as prompt and expedite to perform the Divine commands, like angels or ministers serving in the tabernacle; the Hebrew word משרתיו mesharethaiv being a word most common in the sacred ministrations. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1

Verse 1 1Bless Jehovah, O my soul! After having exhorted himself to praise God, the Psalmist adds, that there is abundant matter for such an exercise; thus indirectly condemning himself and others of ingratitude, if the praises of God, than which nothing ought to be better known, or more celebrated, are buried by silence. In comparing the light with which he represents God as arrayed to a garment, he intimates, that although God is invisible, yet his glory is conspicuous enough. In respect of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 104:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1

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