Psalms 104:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beastse of the forest do creep forth. ”

Psalms 104:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night - Thou hast made arrangements for the return of night - for the alternations of day and night. The Hebrew word rendered “makest,” means “to place;” and the i...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth . Thou makest darkness - It is not the design of God that there should be either constant darkness or const...
Psalms 104:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. Thou makest darkness ... wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions ... s...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Creep forth. — The word “forth” is better omitted. The Hebrew verb is that especially used of crawling animals and reptiles, and here, no doubt, his chosen to express the stealthy motion of the bea...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 104:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou makest darkness, and it is night ,.... The darkness was before the light, and the night before the day, Genesis 1:2 and now the darkness and night are made by the setting of the sun before me...
Psalms 104:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep [forth]. Ver. 20. Thou makest darkness ] Which, though it be dreadful, yet is it useful, and in the vicissitude...
Psalms 104:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou makest darkness Which succeeds the light, by virtue of thy decree and established order; and it is night Which, though black and dismal, contributes to the beauty of nature, and is as a foil...
Psalms 104:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Bounty. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. 20 Thou makest darkness, and...
Psalms 104:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Darkness; which succeeds the light by virtue of thy decree and established order. Creep forth, to look out for prey, which in the day time they dare not do for fear of men. So by this vicissitude...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:20-21 I. Consider, with respect and admiration, the manful, cheerful view of pain and death, and indeed of the whole creation, which the psalmist has, because he has faith. There is in...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - 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...
Psalms 104:20 - 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.
Psalms 104:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:13 ; Genesis 1:4 ; Genesis 1:5 ; Genesis 8:22 ; Isaiah 45:7 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 74:16
Psalms 104:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Darkness — Which succeeds the light by virtue of thy decree.

Psalms 104:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 104:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 104:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 104:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 104:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 104:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes