“ The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. ”
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats - Still keeping up the description of animated nature - the carrying out of the work of creation. The idea is, that nature is full of life. Even the...
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...
conies. Hebrew. shaphan. Not rabbits, which can burrow; but about their size, having smooth feet; therefore dwelling among the rocks, and not in the ground.
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. The high hills are a refuge - The barren tops of the highest hills, and the craggy abrupt precipices of the most stup...
The rocks for the conies— See Leviticus 11:5 . The meaning of the Psalmist is, that even those parts of the earth which may seem barren and useless have yet their uses, and serve to shelter certai...
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. The high hills (are) a refuse for the wild goats, (and) the rocks for the conies. This verse is the transition cl...
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...
(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...
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...
a Habitation for Beast and Man Psalms 104:13-23 Where there is true love for God, there will be a glad and rejoicing heart that takes pleasure in the study of His works. The loving child of a g...
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...
Here again we are taught that as the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field, had food and shelter in those provisions which their bountiful Creator hath made for them; so the souls of the rede...
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats ,.... Who have their name in Hebrew d from their climbing and ascending them. What we commonly call "a wild goose chase" should be expressed "a wild go...
The high hills [are] a refuge for the wild goats; [and] the rocks for the conies. Ver. 18. The high hills are a refuge ] These wild, but weak, creatures are so wise, as to secure themselves from v...
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats As if he had said, “even those parts of the earth which may seem barren and useless, have yet their uses, and serve to shelter certain animals that ar...
The Divine Bounty. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to eve...
So he passeth from the rain to other works of God's providence, as that God hath made suitable and sufficient provision for the security of these creatures against their persecutors. Although this ve...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
1 Samuel 24:2 ; Deuteronomy 14:7 ; Job 39:1 ; Proverbs 30:26