Psalms 104:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. ”

Psalms 104:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sun ariseth - A new scene in this endless variety of incidents in a world full of life and beauty. The psalmist sees the light break in the east, and the sun appear above the horizon - and th...
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. The sun shall rise The Psalmist continues to prosecute the same subject, showing that God so distributes the successions of time, as that the day belongs properly to man. Did not God put...
Psalms 104:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. The sun ariseth - The dawn of day is the warning for man to arise and betake himself to his work; and is the warning...
Psalms 104:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. The sun ariseth, they ... lay them down in their dens. Man goeth forth unto his work ... until the evening....
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lay them down. — With sunrise all is changed. The Wild animals, with their savage instincts, give way to man with his orderly habits and arranged duties. The curse of labour, on which the account i...
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together ,.... Having gone some one way, some another, seeking their prey; but upon the sun's rising gather together in order to return from whence they came,...
Psalms 104:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. Ver. 22. They yather themselves toyether ] viz. Into their dens and lurking holes, smitten with fear of light and...
Psalms 104:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sun ariseth For as he knows the time of his going down , so, thanks be to God, he knows the proper time of his rising, and then the wild beasts gather themselves together Or, rather, withdr...
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or rather, they retire or betake themselves ; for the lions do not commonly go in companies to one place, but severally, each to his own den.
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:20-23 I. "Thou makest darkness." Darkness is a part of Divine order; at least, in the physical universe it is so: and I suppose in this respect, as in all other respects, the material u...
Psalms 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - 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 104:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 24:13-17 ; John 3:20 ; Nahum 3:17

Psalms 104:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 104:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 104:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 104:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 104:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 104:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge