Psalms 104:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quenchb their thirst. ”

• Psalms 104:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  They give drink to every beast of the field - All are thus kept alive. The wild beasts that roam at large, find water thus provided for them. The wild donkeys quench their thirst - Margin, as...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  They give drink to every (e) beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. (e) If God provides for the beasts, much more will he extend his provident care to man.

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• Psalms 104:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CIV. The Glory of the Creator. Psalms 104:1-4 . Yahweh's power in the heavens. He is clothed in the light which God made first ( Genesis 1:3 ) before the heavenly bodies. He lays the foundation o...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  The wild asses: are provided with water. Compare Psalms 104:15 .

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• Psalms 104:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. The wild asses quench their thirst - The פרא pere, onager or wild ass, differs in nothing from the tame ass, only it h...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The wild asses quench their thirst— It is particularly remarked of the asses, that though they are dull and stupid creatures, yet by Providence they are taught the way to the waters in the dry and...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. He sendeth the springs into the valleys ... They give drink to every beast of the field - literally, 'river-valleys' х na...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  This is a Ps. of Nature, celebrating God's glory as seen in His works both inanimate and animate. It is an expansion of the closing vv. of Psalms 103 , and like that Ps. begins and ends with the phr...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (5–18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water ( Psalms 104:5-9 ); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees ( Psal...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 104:1-35 LIKE the preceding psalm, this one begins and ends with the psalmist's call to his soul to bless Jehovah. The inference has been drawn that both psalms have the same author, but th...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Lord's Wondrous Handiwork Psalms 104:1-12 The opening verses of this psalm appear to describe in sublime poetry the creation of the world. God is very great, because He created the heavens...

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• Psalms 104:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Again we have a great song of praise commencing and closing with the same note of personal praise. While in the former the dominant note is that of the mercy of Jehovah, here it is that of His majest...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here is a beautiful gradation of the provision God hath made for his creatures in animal life, rising up from the beast to man. The beast of the field, the fowl of the air, all are fed by his bounty;...

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• Psalms 104:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  They give drink to every beast of the field ,.... These fountains, springs, and rivers, afford water for all the beasts of the field; who are therefore said to honour and praise the Lord on account...

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• Psalms 104:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. Ver. 11. They give drink to every beast ] A great mercy, as we have lately found in these late dry years, 1653, 165...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He sendeth the springs “The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by a wonderful machinery, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing which moveth t...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Divine Bounty.       10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.   11 They give drink to eve...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Which he mentions, partly because they are dry and thirsty creatures; and partly because they live in dry and desolate wildernesses, and are neither ruled nor regarded by men, and are most stupid cre...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Calvin, “differs from the last, in that it neither treats of God’s special mercies bestowed on His Church, nor lifts us to the hope of a heavenly life; but painting f...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  I trust that we have already felt something of holy enjoyment while our hearts and voices have been praising the Lord our God. Perhaps this Psalm may help to keep us in a praising state of mind. Firs...

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• Psalms 104:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  This psalm has no title in the Hebrew, but it is ascribed to David by the LXX, and by most of the Versions. It celebrates the works of God in the creation of the world, and in strains worthy of the r...

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• Psalms 104:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  O Lord my God, Thou art very great. A hymn of praise to God in Nature I. The universality of God’s workings in Nature. 1. In the domain of dead matter. He is operating in the waters as they...

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• Psalms 104:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION " THE psalmist, in a time of severe trouble, arising from the power of the heathen, seeks consolation in reflecting on the greatness of God in nature," So Hengstenberg, correctly. Th...

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• Psalms 104:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Praise of God for His Work in the Kingdom of Nature. The psalmist, probably David, as in the preceding psalm, celebrates the glory of God in the works of His creation and providence.

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• Psalms 104:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Job 39:5-8 ; Psalms 145:16

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• Psalms 104:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Wild asses — Stupid creatures, and yet plentifully provided for by the Divine providence.

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