Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:Waters — In the waters above the heavens, as they are called, Genesis 1:7. read more
Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:Spirits — Of a spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be fitter for their employments.Fire — So called for their irresistible force and agility, and fervency in the execution of God's commands. read more
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.Who laid — Heb. he hath established the earth upon its own basis, whereby it stands as fast and unmoveable, as if it were built upon the strongest foundations.Forever — As long as the world continues. God has fixt so strange a place for the earth, that being an heavy body, one would think it should fall every moment. And yet which way so ever we would imagine it to stir, it must, contrary to the nature of such a... read more
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.The deep — In the first creation, Genesis 1:2,9. read more
1. Compare first clause with Psalms 104:35, and Psalms 103:1; Psalms 103:22. Thou art very great It is fit to open an ode on creation and providence with an address to their ever blessed Author, and in these ascriptions of honour and majesty the poet not only strikes at once into the sublimest part of his theme, (as Psalms 104:31-32,) but shows an example of reverence and piety. read more
2. Who coverest thyself with light The text simply roads, “Who coverest with light,” there being nothing answering to “thyself” except the masculine form of the participle, while the object of the verb is left to be suggested by the connexion. Exley ( Commentary on Genesis) understands it of covering, or overspreading, the earth with “light,” being the first day’s work. Genesis 1:3-5. This gives a good sense, and certainly the psalmist already begins, in the second member of this verse,... read more
3. Layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters The idea of a celestial reservoir, or ocean, whether as a poetic image or a fact, is alluded to, grounded on Genesis 1:6-7. The region of the rain clouds is intended. See on Psalms 104:2. The figure is taken from architecture. To lay “the beams” is to frame them solidly together. Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6, “Chambers,” here, do not mean the supreme heavens, the blissful abode of God, but literally the upper rooms, (so Septuagint and... read more
4. His angels spirits Some have reversed the order of the Hebrew words, and translated, “Who maketh the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his ministers;” but the apostle (Hebrews 1:7) has decided the meaning, making “angels,” here, not a term of office but an order of celestial beings, so that the authorized English version is to be retained. A comparison is here, undoubtedly, to be understood, though the usual Hebrew particle is omitted by ellipsis. The sense would then be, “He... read more
5. Laid the foundations of the earth Literally, founded the earth upon its foundations, a poetical figure for a firm placing of the “earth” in its proper sphere. See Psalms 119:89-91. Compare Job 26:7; Job 38:4; Job 38:6. Its place is fixed by an almighty fiat, not by chance, or evolutionary laws. For ever Literally, for ever and ever. read more
Obtenha o versículo bíblico diário todos os dias na sua caixa de entrada!
Leia no celular
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:2
Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:Light — With that first created light, which the psalmist fitly puts in the first place, as being the first of God's visible works. read more