Psalms 104:26

ships: or nautilus, the "small" of Psalms 104:25.

leviathan. sea monster, or the "great" of Psalms 104:25.

made. formed.

play. sport.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There go the ships - There the vessels move along - objects that would, of course, attract the attention of one looking at the sea, and admiring...
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 ) be...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. There go the ships - By means of navigation, countries the most...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

That leviathan— See Job 41 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. -From the sun and moon, the highest of...
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 10...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviathan ] see Job 41 , where the crocodile is referred to. Here a sea-monster is meant.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ships. — The poet writes like one who had been accustomed to see the navies of Phœnicia, one of the indications which leads to the hypothesis that...
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 d...
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...
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 t...
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 beaut...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There go the ships ,.... From place to place, from one end of the world to the other, for the sake of merchandise r; this is one of the four things...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

There go the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made to play therein. Ver. 26. There go the ships ] The use whereof was first show...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, how manifold are thy works How numerous, how various! Of how many kinds, and how many of every kind. Thus, “transported with a survey of th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Bounty. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun know...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That leviathan; either the whale or the crocodile; of which See Poole on " Job 40:1 " , See Poole on " Job 41:1 " ; who being of such vast streng...
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...
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...
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 cre...
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 d...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, how manifold are Thy works. The spiritual significance of the universe I. The Divine existence should constitute the central fact in al...
The Biblical Illustrator

There go the ships. I was walking the other day by the side of the sea looking out upon the English Channel. It so happened that there was a bad w...
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...
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 w...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There go the ships, man venturing out on the ocean depths in pursuing his commercial activities; there is that leviathan, some sea-monster, probabl...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 49:13 ; Isaiah 27:1 ; Job 3:8 ; Job 41:1-34 ; Job 41:29 ; Job 41:5 ; Psalms 107:23 ; Psalms 74:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviathan — The whale. Therein — Who being of such a vast strength and absolute dominion in the sea, tumbles in it with great security, and sports...

²⁶ There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast madef to play therein.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 104:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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