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John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:21

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.Roar — They roar when they come within sight of their prey.Seek — Their roaring is a kind of natural prayer to God, for relief. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:25

So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.Creeping — This word is common to all creatures that move without feet. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:26

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.Leviathan — The whale.Therein — Who being of such a vast strength and absolute dominion in the sea, tumbles in it with great security, and sports himself with other creatures. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:29

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.Hidest — Withdrawest the care of thy providence. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:30

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.Spirit — That quickening power of God, by which he produces life in the creatures from time to time. For he speaks not here of the first creation, but of the continued production of living creatures.Created — Other living creatures are produced; the word created being taken in its largest sense for the production of things by second causes.Renewest — And thus by thy wise and wonderful providence thou... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:31

The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.Rejoice — Thus God advances the glory of his wisdom and power and goodness, in upholding the works of his hands from generation to generation, and he takes pleasure in the preservation of his works, as also in his reflection upon these works of his providence. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:32

He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.He looketh — This is a farther illustration of God's powerful providence: as when he affords his favour to creatures, they live and thrive, so on the contrary, one angry look or touch of his upon the hills or earth, makes them tremble and smoke, as Sinai did when God appeared in it. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 104:35

Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.Praise ye the Lord — Heb. Hallelujah. This is the first time that this word occurs. And it comes in here on occasion of the destruction of the wicked. And the last time it occurs, Revelation 19:1; 3,4,6, it is on a like occasion, the destruction of Babylon. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:19

19. The psalmist passes to the fourth day’s work. Genesis 1:14. The moon for seasons The day was determined by the apparent revolutions of the sun, the week, by the return of the sabbath, (Genesis 2:2; Exodus 20:11,) but the year, which was a division of time first suggested by summer and winter, and the regular returning fruits of the earth, was early reckoned by lunar months. The word “signs,” (Genesis 1:14,) is not to be understood of portents, but of division marks of time. Sun... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 104:20

20. Night To Psalms 104:23 he restricts his note of time to day and night. Creep Here used for the stealthy movement of beasts of prey. read more

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