“ At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. ”
At thy rebuke they fled - At thy command; or when thou didst speak to them. The Hebrew word also implies the notion of “rebuke,” or “reproof,” as if there were some displeasure or dissatisfaction...
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...
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. At thy rebuke they fled - When God separated the waters which were above the firmament from those below, and caused the dry land...
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. At thy rebuke they fled. The water was removed from off the earth on the third day of creation. The deep stood, as it we...
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...
(5–18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water ( Psalms 104:5-9 ); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees ( Psal...
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 Lord's Wondrous Handiwork Psalms 104:1-12 The opening verses of this psalm appear to describe in sublime poetry the creation of the world. God is very great, because He created the heavens...
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...
All these are so many beautiful descriptions of the various works of God in creation. They need no comment; but we may scripturalise them in reference to the new creation in Christ Jesus, and find mu...
At thy rebuke they fled ,.... The depths of water that covered the earth fled, went off apace, when Christ, the essential Word, gave the word of command that they should; saying, "Let the waters und...
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. Ver. 7. At thy rebuke they fled ] At thy word of command and angry countenance, overawing that raging and ranging creature: s...
Thou coveredst it with the deep That is, in the first creation, of which the psalmist is here speaking, when the earth, while yet without form, was covered all over, and, as it were, clothed with t...
The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the L ORD , O my soul. O L ORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour a...
At thy rebuke; upon thy severe command, Genesis 1:9 ; which he calls a rebuke , to imply that there was something in that state of things which might seem to need reproof and correction, even t...
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.
Genesis 8:1 ; Mark 4:39 ; Proverbs 8:28 ; Psalms 114:3-7
Rebuke — Upon thy command, Genesis 1:9 . Fled — They immediately went to the place which God had allotted them.