Monday, September 23, 2019

Psalm 104

God has provided everything that man and beast need to preserve physical life. The deeper things He has reserved for man and those who seek Him with their whole heart and soul! If we seek Him, we will find Him, in the still small voice of the Holy Spirit who draws us to Him.

If we know nothing else know this...everything that we need spiritually has been gifted to us in the birth, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

All praise and honor belong to our triune Godhead...Father, Son and Holy Spirit💜

In this praise psalm, the psalmist explores Yahweh’s work in creating and sustaining the world. The psalmist intertwines these two emphases, indicating that Yahweh continues to support the world because He made it in the first place. The psalmist begins by praising Yahweh for His splendor and majesty. He then describes Yahweh’s work in creation. As he praises Yahweh for sustaining creation, he turns specifically to Yahweh’s work in providing water, fertility for crops, and dwelling places for animals. He describes Yahweh’s power over the sun and moon which were often worshiped as gods. He then praises Yahweh’s provision again. The psalmist concludes by praising Yahweh because He is sovereign over creation. 

This psalm shows that Yahweh is intimately connected to sustaining the created order—is powerful over all of it—and that His work at the creation is only the beginning. Faithlife Bible.
  
Psalm 104 is a wisdom psalm, is also a creation psalm. It is an exuberant poetic recasting of Genesis 1, a joyful celebration of the world as the creation of God. The poetry of the psalmists and the prophets often reflects upon God’s work in creation. The structure of the poem is: (1) praise for God’s great creation; (2) the creation of the heavens; (3) the creation of the earth; (4) the waters of blessing; (5) the fullness of the earth; (6) the patterns of life; (7) praise for God’s great creation; (8) an acknowledgment that all life is dependent upon the Lord; (9) a prayer for God’s glory; (10) a personal response to God.

Psalm 104:27–35 (NKJV): These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in His works. He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

Ps 65:9
You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.

Ps 104:13
He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

Ps 145:15
The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.

Ps 147:8

Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

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