“ He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. ”
He appointed the moon for seasons - Genesis 1:14-18 . That is, The moon, as well as the sun, is appointed to divide time; to determine its progress; to indicate the return of festival occasions,...
He appointed (i) the moon for seasons: (k) the sun knoweth his going down. (i) As to separate the night from the day, and to note days, months and years. (k) That is, by his course, either far or n...
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...
knoweth. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. .
19. He hath appointed the moon to distinguish seasons The Psalmist now comes to another commendation of God’s providence as manifested in the beautiful arrangement by which the course of the...
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. He appointed the moon for seasons - The heathens thought that the sun and moon were gods, and worshipped them as such. The psalmist...
He appointed the moon for seasons— See Genesis 1:14 .
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. He appointed the moon for seasons - `appointed times' (cf. Genesis 1:14 ). The moon is mentioned before the sun, as the eve...
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...
The moon for seasons. — See Psalms 89:37 , Note. The mention of the inferior luminary first is no doubt partly due to its importance in fixing the calendar, but partly also to the diurnal reckonin...
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...
As in the natural; set in the spiritual world, there are seasons of light and darkness; and when Jesus, the Sun of righteousness, for a moment withdraws his shining from the soul, and makes darkness...
He appointeth the moon for seasons ,.... Or, "he made" e; for the moon is the work of his hands, Psalms 8:3 as is likewise the sun. From the rain the psalmist passes to the luminaries; for this re...
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. Ver. 19. He appointed the moon for seasons ] Most nations reckoned the year by the moon, rather than by the sun. The sun knowe...
He appointeth the moon , &c. “From a survey of the works of God upon the earth, the psalmist proceeds to extol that divine wisdom which is manifested in the motions and revolutions of the heaven...
The Divine Bounty. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and...
For seasons; to measure and distinguish the times, both months, and, amongst many nations, years also; as also the seasons of divers natural events, as of the ebbing and flowing of the waters, and...
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.
Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Genesis 1:14-18 ; Jeremiah 31:35 ; Job 31:26-28 ; Job 38:12 ; Psalms 136:7-9 ; Psalms 8:3
For seasons — To distinguish the times, the seasons of divers natural events, as of the ebbing and flowing of waters, and other seasons for sacred and civil affairs, which were commonly regulated b...