b. The verb rendered "gather" means to pick up or collect from the ground. "It is vain for you to rise up early and to sit up late, to eat the bread of carefulness; for so he giveth his beloved sleep.". Thus is the care of God seen to be effectual and all sufficient. God manifest in the flesh is a theme which angela rejoice to contemplate. "He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; he toucheth the hills, and they smoke." He did so at the first, when he rested on the seventh day, and saw that everything was very good; he does so still in a measure where beauty and purity in nature still survive the Fall, and he will do so yet more fully when the earth is renovated, and the trail of the serpent is cleansed from the globe. "Who maketh," etc. Verse 3."Who walketh upon the wings of the wind." Has the reader ever walked through a forest of great trees and felt the awe which strikes the heart in nature's sublime cathedral? As Spurgeon states, the Psalms' "breadth of experience . Psalm 119:105-112 (Nun) - The Greatness and Glory of God's Word . He never loiters on his way, or pauses as if undecided when to descend; his appointed hour for going down, although it is constantly varying, he always keeps to a second. Verse 3."Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters;" or, "who layeth his upper chambers above the waters." Verse 1.Each created, redeemed, regenerated soul is bound to praise the Lord, the Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier; for that God the Son, who in the beginning made the worlds, and whose grace is ever carrying on his work to its perfect end by the operation of the Holy Ghost, has been revealed before us in his exceeding glory. Were it not that we have seen the sun rise so often we should think it the greatest of miracles, and the most amazing of blessings. "As for the stork," saith the text, "the fir trees are her house;" and Christ saith to the sinners that see their want of shelter, "Come unto me, and I will give you rest." 3. The Lord hath looked out from his pillar of glory," etc. And all this exact restraint and measurement in the motion of the sea, by that mysterious power shot beyond unfathomable depths of space, from orbs rolling in ether! First, that once (he means it not of the deluge, but of the chaos), the waters did cover the whole earth, till God by a word of command sent them into their proper channels, that the dry land might appear. Verse 26."To play therein." Verse 18."Conies." But there are abundance of facts which serve to show that such an alternation is part of the vegetable economy "Animals also have a period in their functions and habits; as in the habits of waking, sleeping, etc., and their well being appears to depend on the coincidence of this period with the length of the natural day. They are all God's property, and should be used only in reference to the end for which they were created. God has a time for all things, and does not feed his creatures by fits and starts; he gives them daily bread, and a quantity proportioned to their needs. This is also true of our spiritual experience. All abuse and waste of God's creatures are spoil and robbery on the property of the Creator. Verse 16."The trees of the LORD." Each one of the divine attributes is a well spring of delight now that in Christ Jesus we are reconciled unto God. They after their own fashion express their desires for food, and the expression of desire is a kind of prayer. Verse 35."Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth." Far from separating from each other the nations of the earth (as the ancients, still inexperienced in navigation, supposed), the sea is the great highway of the human race, and unites all its various tribes into one common family by the beneficial bonds of commerce. They are so constructed as to show the most consummate wisdom in their design, and in the end for which they are formed. Hugest of living creatures, on the deep "He appointed the moon for seasons." They are especially his planting. Verse 14.In the Hayfield.2 "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. "Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the water's." The custom is also mentioned in Mat 6:17; Luk 7:46. Thus they are out of man's way, and he seldom encounters them unless he desires to do so. Strong barriers interposing, This verse is written in the most glowing manner. It is ours to study his works, for they are great, and sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. Below are some of his most touching and eloquent comments on each verse. Successive providential creation as well as original creation is ascribed to the Spirit. 2. This is all that any of us should expect; if even the brute creatures are content with a sufficiency we ought not to be more greedy than they. The Old Testament These are, the cedar of Lebanon, the cedar of the Himalayas, and the cedar of the Sierra Nevada. All worship and rejoice. The moon lights up a solemn silence of worship among the fir trees, through which the night wind softly breathes its "songs without words." This is a beautiful part of the Lord's arrangement of the subject waters: they find vents through which they leap into liberty where their presence will be beneficial in the highest degree. Ill matched with grief and sin. What they have in their own language asked for they go forth to seek; being in this thing far wiser than many men who offer formal prayers not half so earnest as those of the young lions, and then neglect the means in the use of which the object of their petitions might be gained. The poet finds his heart gladdened by beholding the works of the Lord, and he feels that the Creator himself must have felt unspeakable delight in exercising so much wisdom, goodness, and power. If you are willing to gather, God will always give. Where man cannot reach the Lord can, whom none else can water with grace he can, and where all stores of refreshment fail he can supply all that is needed from his own halls. . Of torrents, where he listens, to the vines "He watereth the hills from his chambers." The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind in that beautiful expression of stretching out the heavens like a curtain. Of fish that with their fins and shining scales Thus what they receive from the great Lord they endeavour to return to his weaker creatures. Its eye, however, has marked certain little cracks and projections on the face of the rock, and as the animal makes its leap, it takes these little points of vantage in rapid succession, just touching them as it passes upwards, and by the slight stroke of its foot keeping up the original impulse of its leap. The ships are intended for going. 1. With serpent error wandering, found their way, There is ground for thinking (though this is denied by some) that in several passages the term leviathan is used generically, much as we employ dragon; and that it denotes a great sea monster. It was this of which Noah partook when he became drunken (Gen 9:21, 24). "Unto his work and to his labour until the evening." At one time I was reminded of Epping Forest, and then of a neglected orchard with an undergrowth of luxuriant vegetation. He hath laid the foundations of the earth that it shall not be removed, nor can it be at all moved, but at his pleasure; and when it moves at any time, it is to mind the sons of men that they by their sins have moved him to displeasure. We have only to gather, for God gives. In the "Pulpit," Vol. ", 4. As man can soon give a cast with his eye, so soon can God shake the earth, that is, either the whole mass of the earth, or the inferior sort of men on the earth when he "looketh," or casteth an angry eye "upon the earth it trembleth." Verse 2."Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment." 4. A good man's work lieth most within doors, he is more taken up with his own soul, than with all the world besides; neither can he ever be alone so long as he hath God and his own heart to converse with. Coleridge speaks of the "merry nightingale,". As if he would break forth again, and sweep So that ocean is not altogether deserted of mankind. Is nature yet more humoursome, and doth it crave something for ornament too? ", a. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Verse 30. b. Here and hereafter the psalmist would continue to praise the Lord, for the theme is an endless one, and remains for ever fresh and new. The instant it is heard by the animals reposing m the plains, they start up in alarm, fly in all directions, and even rush into the danger which they seek to avoid. Were it only for what he has already done, the Lord deserves to be praised without ceasing. When we were exploring the rocks in the neighbourhood of the convent, I was delighted to point attention to a family or two of the Wubar, engaged in their gambols on the heights above us. The resurrection of life is from God: "Thou renewest," etc. It is that kind of consternation which one has when all support and protection are withdrawn, and when inevitable ruin stares one in the face. He looked out of the fiery pillar upon the Egyptians." See "Spurgeon's Sermons," No. Minor Prophets January 9, 2018. The commencement of life is from God: "Thou sendest forth thy Spirit," etc. Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. Verse 11."The wild asses quench their thirst." This is the philosophy of Scripture: this, then, shall be my philosophy. Soft ebbing; nor withstood them rock or hill; Everywhere it is with them, "Praise ye the Lord.". The loyalty of the mighty waters to the laws of their God is most notable; the fierce flood, the boisterous rapid; the tremendous torrent, are only forms of that gentle dew which trembles on the tiny blade of grass, and in those ruder shapes they are equally obedient to the laws which their Maker has impressed upon them. The poem contains a complete cosmos sea and land, cloud and sunlight, plant and animal, light and darkness, life and death, are all proved to be expressive of the presence of the Lord. The Targum is, "They ascend out of the deep to the mountains;" that is, the waters, when they went off the earth at the divine orders, steered their course up the mountains, and then went down by the valleys to the place appointed for them; they went over hills and dales, nothing could stop them or retard their course till they came to their proper place; which is another instance of the almighty power of the Son of God. "Only begotten" is the description of his mode of existence; made is the description of theirs. 3. If steep, with torrent rapture, if through plain, Bless the LORD, O my soul! 3. 1. 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The air which in respiration these receive into their lungs, may serve to render their bodies equiponderant to the water; and the construction or dilatation of it, by the help of the diaphragm and muscles of respiration, may probably assist them to ascend or descend in the water, by a light impulse thereof with their fins. Again, the great use and convenience, the beauty and variety of so many springs and fountains, so many brooks and rivers, so many lakes and standing pools of water, and these so scattered and dispersed all the earth over, that no great part of it is destitute of them, without which it must, without a supply other ways, be desolate and void of inhabitants, afford abundant arguments of wisdom and counsel: that springs should break forth on the sides of mountains most remote from the sea: that there should way be made for rivers through straits and rocks, and subterraneous vaults, so that one would think that nature had cut a way on purpose to derive the water, which else would overflow and drown whole countries. O let us never sin against God, by lightly esteeming bread! 1. The pavement of which house you tread on and it brings forth thy food (Psa 104:14), "Bread for strength, wine to cheer thy heart, oil to make thy face to shine" (Psa 104:15). Grass grows as well as herbs, for cattle must be fed as well as men. 4. "He looketh," etc. His majesty rising above all: "That thou givest them they gather," like the crumbs falling from the table of their supreme Lord. That the passage refers to angels is clear from Heb 1:7; and it was most proper to mention them here in connection with light and the heavens, and immediately after the robes and paltree of the Great King. This is the highly intoxicating drink so often mentioned by Isaiah (Isa 5:11-22; Isa 22:13; Isa 28:1-7); but just because of this, it might become to man one of those mercies in connection with the use of which he was to exercise constant self control. The knowledge of this truth is of the greatest importance. Overhung with fragrant spreading shaws, It is not true that flowers which blush unseen by human eye are wasting their sweetness, for the bee finds them out, and other winged wanderers live on their luscious juices. Read Psalm 104:26 commentary using The Treasury of David. Verse 9."Thou hast set a bound," etc. The easterns use oil more than we do, and probably are wiser in this respect than we are: they delight in anointing with perfumed oils, and regard the shining of the face as a choice emblem of joy. "His ministers a flaming fire." Verse 15.The ancients made much use of oil to beautify their persons. It is used in the history of the manna (Exo 16:1, 5, 16), to which there is obvious allusion. Wisdom Literature Bonar speaks of the note of the cuckoo; Dr. Robinson of the nightingale. For want of it much communion is lost and much happiness is missed. Verse 10."He sendeth the springs into the valleys," etc. c. They have to be guided and steered by the helm. No need for miracles or displays of physical power, the Sun of Righteousness arises, and the devil and the false gods, and superstitions and errors of men, all seek their hiding places in the dark places of the earth among the moles and the bats. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary Psalms 104:1-35. "The wild asses quench their thirst." The mountain streams walk, and run, and leap, and praise the Lord. The decline of life is from God: "Thou hidest thy face," etc. By the waxing and waning of the moon the year is divided into months, and weeks, and by this means the exact dates of the holy days were arranged. It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: Thy word is settled, settled for ever, settled for ever in heaven. As God changes not, so the Word which he has spoken to his servants changes not. It is very beautiful among the mountains to see the divine system of water supplythe rising of the fleecy vapours, the distillation of the pure fluid, the glee with which the newborn element leaps down the crags to reach the rivers, and the strong eagerness with which the rivers seek the ocean, their appointed place. The more we think of this the more wonderful it will appear. It flows from wounds made in the bark, and from the scales of the cones, and is abundant in the seeds. Where ye dwell ye sing; and shall not we rejoice in the Lord, who has been our dwelling place in all generations. "Who maketh the clouds his chariot." 1. This is the scene of which David spoke. The rejoicing of life depends so much upon the grateful alternation of day and night. Well, I thought, the Psalmist must have had some such unpleasant experience. Geologists inform us of this as a discovery, but the Holy Spirit had revealed the fact long before. Note here that death is caused by the act of God, "thou takest away their breath;" we are immortal till he bids us die, and so are even the little sparrows, who fall not to the ground without our Father. "He made the moon to serve in her season, for a declaration ofttimes, and a sign to the world. In the bowels of the earth are hidden mines of wealth, and on her surface are teeming harvests of plenty. From the moon is the sign of feasts, a light that decreases in her perfection. and how shall the new earth be inhabited with righteous spirits only? Creation's wondrous choir, God needs no means by which to give effect to his purpose by his power, yet, in general, he has established means through which he acts. Sinai was altogether on a smoke when the Lord descended upon it. Evidently he considers the meaning rather than the music of the utterance and puts the best construction upon it. As wild beasts since the fall of man may seem to be born to do us hurt, and to rend and tear in pieces all whom they meet with, this savage cruelty must be kept under check by the providence of God. Night work is for wild beasts: "Thou makest darkness," etc. He gives an instance of the immense number and variety of Jehovah's works by pointing to the sea. It is because the entire bulk of the earth, atmosphere, and clouds, participate in the movement. They would be boundless and know no limits, did not God bound and limit them. The Psalter provides a "map of experience" [11] covering the phases of life, including those who are young and elderly. But the constancy of the laws of nature permits us to contemplate such a catastrophe without fear. Poetical Books The fourth turn of the text gives us the sweet thought that, we may gather what he gives. 2. "Soul music is the very soul of music." (Spurgeon) ii. The lion, though he be strong and subtle, yet cannot get his own prey; we think a lion might shift for himself; no, 'tis the lord that provides for him; the young lions seek their meat of God. The prophet, I have no doubt, by the figure synecdoche, puts a part for the whole, intimating that the moon not only distinguishes the days from the nights, but likewise marks out the festival days, measures years and months, and, in line, answers many useful purposes, in as much as the distinction of times is taken from her course. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary Psalms 119:89-104 Psalms 119:89. Major Prophets Because he has made me to live in him. Psalm. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. There would be no need to strike a blow, the mere closing of it would produce death by famine. Here, too, we may choose which we will of two meanings: God's ministers or servants he makes to be as swift, potent, and terrible as fire, and on the other hand he makes fire, that devouring element, to be his minister flaming forth upon his errands. It is usual in the East, in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court of the house sheltered from the heat of the weather by all umbrella or veil, which being expanded upon ropes from one side of the parapet wall to another may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. There are spirits that keep the night watches, and the spell of their presence has been felt by many a wanderer in the solitudes of nature: God also himself is abroad all night long, and the glory which concealeth is often felt to be even greater than that which reveals. Melchizedek brought it forth to Abraham (Gen 14:18). Matthew Henry's Commentary Psalm 104:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. The Psalms provide a map of our life experiences. Here we have one of the loftiest and longest sustained flights of the inspired muse. The cedars are indeed the trees of the Lord. What is here taught is, that he bears the character of the best of fathers, who takes pleasure in tenderly cherishing his children, and in bountifully nourishing them. Nor other than his fostering hand The Psalmist strikes the best keymote when he begins with stirring up his inmost self to magnify the Lord. Man only mars the sweet accord, While over their heads the hazels hing, Homer often refers to this custom, and there is an allusion to it by Solomon, Ec 9:8, "Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment." Whole Psalm.Its touches are indeed few, rapidbut how comprehensive and sublime! At thy rebuke they fled at the voice of thy thunder, So far as we can judge, this period is of a length beneficial to the human frame, independently of the effect of external agents. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point A strong emphasis in Spurgeon's preaching was God's grace and sovereignty over man's helpless state. Verse 14."For the cattle," etc. Nor canst thou alone accomplish the work; others must come to thy help. And The birks of Aberfeldy. There is scarcely any doubt that the Azel of the Old Testament is the Arabian Ibex or Beden (Capra Nubiana). He has a service to perform, should he not also have his food? Some render it, Who maketh his angels as the winds, to which they may be compared for their invisibility, they being not to be seen, no more than the wind, unless when they assume an external form; and for their penetration through bodies in a very surprising manner; see Act 12:6-10; and for their great force and power, being mighty angels, and said to excel in strength, Psa 103:20; and for their swiftness in obeying the divine commands; so the Targum, "He maketh his messengers, or angels, swift as the wind. General Epistles "He floodeth his chambers with waters," i.e., the clouds make the flooring of his heavens. Here we have one of the loftiest and longest sustained flights of the inspired muse. Psa 23:2; Song 1:7. We may regard the closing verses Psa 104:31-35 as a Sabbath meditation, hymn, and prayer. In short, although the natural tendency of the waters is to cover the earth, yet this will not happen, because God has established, by his word, a counteracting law, and as his truth is eternal, this law must remain steadfast. Little though we may be in the scale of importance, yet let us fill our sphere, and so honour the Lord who made us with a purpose. Verse 12. Verse 26. 4. "There go the ships." Take this as an assertion. advertisement advertisement The more of humility the more of grace; if in valleys some hollows are deeper than others the waters collect in them. Verse 26."Leviathan made to play therein." When the darkness of ignorance broods over a nation, then all sorts of superstitions, cruelties, and vices abound; the gospel, like the sunrising, soon clears the world of the open ravages of these monsters, and they seek more congenial abodes. What in a look of love. The clearest revelation of God is still a concealment; even light is but a covering to him. It is demonstrated that the position of the poles of rotation on the surface of the earth is invariable. The music of thy works and word, His personal being and character ensure that he would be glorious even were all the creatures dead. a. The Lord causeth each green blade to spring and each ear to ripen; do but watch with opened eye and you shall see the Lord walking through the cornfields. This is so in the natural world, and certainly not less so in the spiritual: saints when the Lord hides his face are in terrible perplexity. Lev 14:4 (margin), and Lev 14:5-7; 14:49-53. "The sun ariseth." Observe, also, how everything has its usethe boughs furnish a home for the birds; and every living thing has its accommodationthe stork finds a house in the pines. "While God could equally glorify His power in destruction, that He does it in preservation is of His rich goodness and mercy, so that we may well spend our lives in grateful praise, honoring to Him, and delightful to pious hearts." "In the Hay-Field: Psalm 104:14," Charles H. Spurgeon. The several motions of our planet are carried on so noiselessly and evenly that, as far as we are concerned, all things are as permanent and peaceful as if the old notion of its resting upon pillars were literally true. The work of creation was finished in the first six days of the world, but the work of creation is renewed every day, and so continued to the end of the world. This excellent expounder cannot see the beauty of the poetic expression, and so proses in this fashion. Down sunk a hollow bottom broad and deep, Rom 1:2. "Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust." All their powers are communicated power; and however high they may stand in the scale of creation, it is in that scale they stand, which places them infinitely below him, who is so the Son of God as to be "God over all, blessed for ever.". March on and keep my heavenly way. 2. for he confesses God's works to be greater than his own power of expression; whether these "works" belong to the creation of nature or to that of grace. The word "troubled" by no means conveys the sense of the original word , bahalwhich means properly to tremble; to be in trepidation; to be filled with terror; to be amazed; to be confounded. These, Lord, all wait on thee, that thou their food may it give them; how the giant heaves himself, and strains Having already alluded to many varieties of living creatures, the psalmist proceeds from Psa 104:24-30 to sing of the life with which the Lord was pleased to fill the air, the sea, and the land; these forms of existence were the peculiar produce of the fifth and sixth days. It is very likely God employed the electric fluid as an agent in this separation. . Verse 15.If the transitory earth is so full of the good things of God, what will we have when we come to the land of the living? Truly these are worthy to be called the trees of the Lord, for towering stature and enormous girth. Verse 19."The sun knoweth his going down." Taken to excess it was a curse; enjoyed as from God, it was something for which man was called to be thankful. They grow where none ever thought of planting them, where for ages they were unobserved, and where at this moment they are too gigantic for man to prune them. Spurgeon's Bible Commentary Psalms. Verse 14."He causeth the grass to grow." Verse 32.The philosopher labours to investigate the natural cause of earthquakes and volcanoes. We should call upon our inmost hearts to awake and bestir themselves, for we are apt to be sluggish, and if we are so when called upon to bless God, we shall have great cause to be ashamed. hear him! Johannine Writings Verse 34."My meditation of him shall be sweet." Thus, if taken to excess, it would have led to intoxication. What astonishing ideas! Over lookest not the least, the greatest satisfying. Garments both conceal and reveal a man, and so do the creatures of God. What must his own spirituality be who maketh spirits? It is his turn now, and the sunrise has made things ready for him. "O Lord, my God, thou art very great.". "The LORD shall rejoice in his works." Which are his shade on high, and the loud roar This is unfortunate, since his works contain priceless gems of information that are found nowhere except in the ancient writings of the Jews. Psalms:60:8. The new born earth was wrapped in aqueous swaddling bands. "These wait all upon thee." Psalm 119:97-104 (Mem) - The Greatness and Glory of God's Word. Take it as a prayer and petition. Clouds are detained among the mountain crags, and deluge the hill sides with fertilizing rain. 1. Historical Books How chill and withering is the breath of that noxious philosophy, that would detach our minds from viewing God in his works of Providence! f. 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