Psalm 104:5-7 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 104:5

Who laid the foundations of the earth ,.... Or "founded the earth upon its bases" F12 על מכוניה "super bases ejus", Montanus, Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so the Tigurine version, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; which some take to be the waters, according to Psalm 24:2 , others the centre of gravity in it; others the mountains; others the circumambient air, by which it is poised; rather the almighty power of God, by which it subsists; this is the work of Christ the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:6

Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment ,.... This refers not to the waters of the flood, when the earth was covered with them, even the tops of the highest mountains; but to the huge mass of waters, the abyss and depth of them, which lay upon the earth and covered it as a garment, at its first creation, as the context and the scope of it show; and which deep was covered with darkness, at which time the earth was without form, and void, Genesis 1:2 an emblem of the corrupt state... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:7

At thy rebuke they fled ,.... The depths of water that covered the earth fled, went off apace, when Christ, the essential Word, gave the word of command that they should; saying, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so", Genesis 1:9 and this being called a "rebuke", suggests as if there was something amiss, irregular and disorderly, and to be amended; as if these waters were not in their proper place. At the voice... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:5

מכוניה על ארץ יסד yasad erets al mechonepha , ועד עולם תמוט בל bal tammot olam vaed . "Laying the earth upon its foundations, That it should not be shaken for evermore." This image Bishop Lowth thinks evidently taken from the tabernacle, which was so laid upon its foundations that nothing could move it, and the dispensation to which it was attached, till the end purposed by the secret counsel of God was accomplished: and thus the earth is established, till the end of its... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:6

Thou coveredst it with the deep - This seems to be spoken in allusion to the creation of the earth, when it was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the waters invested the whole, till God separated the dry land from them; thus forming the seas and the terraqueous globe. The poet Ovid has nearly the same idea: - Densior his tellus, elementaque grandia traxit, Et pressa est gravitate sua; circumfluus humor Ultima possedit, solidumque coercuit orbem read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:7

At thy rebuke they fled - When God separated the waters which were above the firmament from those below, and caused the dry land to appear. He commanded the separation to take place; and the waters, as if instinct with life, hastened to obey. At the voice of thy thunder - It is very likely God employed the electric fluid as an agent in this separation. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:5

Verse 5 5He hath founded the earth upon its foundations Here the prophet celebrates the glory of God, as manifested in the stability of the earth. Since it is suspended in the midst of the air, and is supported only by pillars of water, how does it keep its place so steadfastly that it cannot be moved? This I indeed grant may be explained on natural principles; for the earth, as it occupies the lowest place, being the center of the world, naturally settles down there. But even in this... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:6

Verse 6 6.He hath covered it with the deep as with a garment, This may be understood in two ways, either as implying that now the sea covers the earth as a garment, or that at the beginning, before God by his omnipotent word held gathered the waters together into one place, the earth was covered with the deep. But the more suitable sense appears to be, that the sea is now the covering of the earth. At the first creation the deep was not so much a garment as a grave, inasmuch as nothing bears... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 104:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 104:1-35

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