“ My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. ”
My meditation of him shall be sweet - That is, I will find pleasure in meditating on his character and works. See the notes at Psalms 1:2 . It is one of the characteristics of true piety that th...
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...
DISCOURSE: 675 THE DUTY OF PRAISING GOD Psalms 104:33-34 . I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. My meditation of him shall be sweet: I...
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
My meditation of him shall be sweet— I shall delight in making him my theme. Mudge. It is literally, My theme upon him will be sweet. The next verse may be rendered, While the sinners shall be...
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. My meditation of him shall be sweet - henceforward, seeing that I have such good hope drawn from the glory of the Lord which e...
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...
My meditation. — Rather, my singing or my poetry.
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...
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...
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...
These verses possess a peculiar and personal sweetness; and the Psalmist takes the whole home to himself. As if he had said I know not what others do, or what others may determine; but as, for me, an...
SWEET THOUGHTS OF GOD ‘My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.’ Psalms 104:34 Meditation is the calm and quiet dwelling of the mind upon a great fact till that fact...
My meditation of him shall be sweet ,.... Of the glories, excellencies, and perfections of his person; of his offices, as Mediator, King, Priest, and Prophet, the Saviour and Redeemer; of his works...
My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. Ver. 34. My meditation of him shall be sweet ] Or, Let it be sweet unto him, let him kindly accept it, though it be mean and worthl...
I will sing unto the Lord , &c. Whatever others do, I will not fail to give to God his glory and due praises. My meditation of him My praising of God concerning the glory of his works; shall...
The Divine Bounty. 31 The glory of the L ORD shall endure for ever: the L ORD shall rejoice in his works. 32 He loo...
My meditation; or, my speech , or discourse ; my praising of God, mentioned Psalms 104:33 . Of him ; concerning the glory of his works. Shall be sweet; either, 1. To God; he will gracious...
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 104:34 Meditation is the calm and quiet dwelling of the mind upon a great fact till that fact has time to get into the mind and pervade it with its influence. Meditation is the quiet thinki...
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.
Habakkuk 3:17 ; Habakkuk 3:18 ; Luke 1:47 ; Philippians 4:4 ; Proverbs 24:14 ; Psalms 1:2 ; Psalms 139:17 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Psalms 32:11 ; Psalms 63:5 ; Psalms 63:6 ; Psalms 77:12