Psalms 104:4

Who, &c. Quoted in Hebrews 1:7.

spirits. Angels are spirits (Hebrew. ruach. App-9), and are called so in Hebrews 1:7, Heb 1:14. 1 Peter 3:19 (compare 1 Peter 3:22).

ministers. servants. Compare Psalms 103:21.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 104:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who maketh his angels spirits - The meaning here literally would be, “Who makes the winds his messengers,” or “his angels;” that is, who employs...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Who (b) maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: (b) As the prophet here shows that all visible powers are ready to serve God: so in...
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

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: עשה מלאכיו רחות oseh rnalachaiv ruchoth, משרתיו אש להט mesharethaiv esh lohet. The ele...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire - ( Hebrews 1:7 .) х...
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

His angels spirits ] read either, 'his angels winds,' or 'winds his messengers' (RV). The former rendering is the more natural, is parallel to that...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(1-4) First and second days of Creation. Instead, however, of describing the creation of light, the poet makes a sublime approach to his theme by t...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Who maketh... — Rather, Who maketh winds His messenger A flaming fire His ministers. Or, keeping the order of the Hebrew, Who maketh His messenge...
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 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....
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

Who can read this verse without being struck with the expressions? The apostle to the Hebrews throws a greater light upon the ministry of angels, as...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Who maketh his angels spirits ,.... The angels are spirits, or spiritual substances, yet created ones; and so differ from God, who is a spirit, and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: Ver. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits ] Immaterial substances, fit to attend upon the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Who maketh his angels spirits That is, of a spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be more fit for their employments; or who maketh them...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the L ORD , O my soul. O L ORD my God, t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who maketh his angels spirits, i.e. of a spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be fitter for their employments. Or, who maketh his ange...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

angels ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:4 Consider what is implied in the text. I. What a number of beautiful and wonderful objects does nature present on every side of us, a...
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 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

who maketh His angels spirits, His own messengers being present in the blessing and destroying power of the winds; His ministers a flaming fire, fo...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 2:11 ; 2 Kings 6:17 ; Acts 23:8 ; Ezekiel 1:13 ; Hebrews 1:14 ; Hebrews 1:7
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Spirits — Of a spiritual or incorporeal nature, that they might be fitter for their employments. Fire — So called for their irresistible force and...

⁴ Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 104:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Psalms 104:4