Psalms 104:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. ”

Psalms 104:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hidest thy face - As if God turned away from them; as if he was displeased with them; as if he withdrew from them the tokens of his friendship and favor. They are troubled - They are con...
Psalms 104:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (p) hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. (p) As by your presence all things have life; so if you withdraw your blessings they a...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

troubled . dismayed. breath . spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. return. Compare Genesis 3:19 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 .
Psalms 104:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

29 Thou shalt hide thy face, and they shall be afraid In these words, the Psalmist declares, that we stand or fall according to the will of God. We continue to live, so long as he sustains u...
Psalms 104:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Thou hidest thy face - If thou bring dearth or famine on the land, contagion in the air, or...
Psalms 104:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. -All God's creatures obtain from Him their food in due season. They die at God's pleasure: and when God sends for...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou hidest Thy face. — Elsewhere an image of displeasure, here only of withdrawal of providential care. (See Psalms 30:7 , where the expression “troubled” also occurs.) Thou takest away their b...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Almighty's Open Hand Psalms 104:24-35 The psalmist says nothing of the operation of the great laws of nature, but passes behind and beyond to the Great Hand which opens to fill and satisfy...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In these verses, from others of the great works of God in the kingdom of nature, the Psalmist finds occasion to raise songs of praise. And most beautiful and expressive is the subject. In the congreg...
Psalms 104:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled ,.... God may be said to hide his face from the creatures when he withholds their food from them, when there is a scarcity of provisions, a famine in the land...
Psalms 104:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. Ver. 29. Thou hidest thy face ] i.e. Thou withdrawest thy favour, thy concurrence, thi...
Psalms 104:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

These all Both beasts and fishes, wait upon thee Expect supplies from thy providence: which is spoken of them figuratively, and with an allusion to the manner of tame beasts and fowls, which comm...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou hidest thy face, when thou withdrawest or suspendest the favour and care of thy providence. Troubled; dejected and distressed. Takest away; so this word is used, Hosea 4:3 Zephaniah 1:...
Psalms 104:29 - 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 104:29 - 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 104:29 - 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 104:29 - 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 104:29 - 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 104:29 - 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 104:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 17:25 ; Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Genesis 3:19 ; Job 13:24 ; Job 34:14 ; Job 34:15 ; Job 34:29 ; Psalms 30:7 ; Psalms 146:4 ; Psalms 90:3 ; Romans 8:20-22
Psalms 104:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hidest — Withdrawest the care of thy providence.

Psalms 104:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 104:29 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 104:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 104:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 104:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 104:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 104:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:29 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes