psalm-104:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 104:25

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 is no number; animals - the little with the great.” The reference here is, undoubtedly to the Mediterranean Sea, which not improbably was in sight when the psalm was composed - as it is in sight not only along the coast, but from many of the elevations in Palestine. The phrase “wide of hands”... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 104:24-26

Psalms 104:24-26. 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, and on earth below, the psalmist breaks forth into an exclamation, on the variety and magnificence, the harmony and proportion, of the works of God, in this outward, and visible, and perishable world. What then are the miracles of grace and glory? What are those invisible and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:1-35

Psalms 104:0 God’s earthThe theme of this song of praise is the wisdom and power of God as seen in nature. The song begins by considering the splendour of the heavens. The light of the sun, the expanse of sky reaching down to meet the earth on the horizon, the movement of clouds blown by the wind, the flashes of lightning - all these things speak of the magnificence of God who dwells in and rules over the universe (1-4).Land and sea also display the greatness of God. He determined where they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 104:25

Psalms 104:25. So is this great and wide sea, &c.— So is the sea, great and wide in extent, wherein are moving things, both small and great animals. Mudge. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:1-35

Psalms 104This psalm of descriptive praise is quite similar to Psalms 103. Both begin and end with similar calls to bless God. However, God’s dealing with people is the subject of praise in Psalms 103, whereas His creation and sustenance of the world are the theme of Psalms 104."The structure of the psalm is modelled [sic] fairly closely on that of Genesis 1, taking the stages of creation as starting-points for praise. But as each theme is developed it tends to anticipate the later scenes of... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:24-30

The psalmist broke out in praise to Yahweh for His wisdom in creating as He did. He also acknowledged that all things God created belonged to Him. This even included the sea with all its hidden treasures. Leviathan probably refers to a large sea animal (cf. Job 41). [Note: A. Ross, p. 869; Roy B. Zuck, Job, p. 180.] In the ancient Near East it symbolized chaotic evil. [Note: Marvin H. Pope, Job, pp. 329-31. For an extensive study of the motif, see John Day, God’s Conflict with the Dragon and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:24-32

3. Praise of the Creator 104:24-32 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1-35

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, ’Bless the Lord, O my soul!’ The two Pss. are probably the work of the same author. Psalms 104 follows to some extent the order of the creation-poem in Genesis 1, and may be compared also with Job 38-41. Psalms 104:5-9, Psalms 104:19 speak of the creation of the world, but the greater part of the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 104:25

(25) 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 catches sight of the sea—we imagine him on some hill-top, commanding on the one hand the range of Lebanon, on the other the Mediterranean—the words recur to him, “Let the waters bring forth abundantly,” &cCreeping.—See Psalms 104:20. Perhaps here, “swarming.” read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 104:1-35

Psalms 104:0 The 104th Psalm was a favourite with Alexander von Humboldt. After speaking in his Cosmos of the exalted views of nature given in the Old Testament, as the living expression of the omnipresence of God in the visible world, he refers specially to this Psalm: 'We are astonished to find, in a lyrical form of such limited compass, the whole universe, the heavens and the earth, sketched with a few bold touches. The toilsome labour of man, from the rising of the sun to his setting, when... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 104:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 104:24-26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:1-35

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 104:25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:1-35

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:24-30

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 104:24-32

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:1-35

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 104:25

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 104:1-35

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