Psalms · 35 verses
Psalms 104
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Leviathan, formed by God to frolic in the sea, shares the waters with passing ships.
The world is arrangedvv. 1–9
The psalm opens with the LORD dressed in splendor, wrapping Himself in light and stretching the heavens like a tent. Clouds become His chariot, winds His messengers, and flames of fire His servants. Beneath this astonishing household, the earth is founded, the deep retreats at His rebuke, and the waters are given a boundary—creation with rather firm coastal management.
Water, food, and the timetablevv. 10–24
Springs run between the mountains, supplying beasts, donkeys, birds, livestock, and people. The earth produces wine, oil, and bread; trees fill themselves, birds nest, wild goats climb, and rock badgers retreat into cliffs. The moon marks the seasons, the sun knows its setting, lions hunt by night, and people work until evening. Nothing is idle for long, though the stork has sensibly chosen a cypress.
The sea, the breath, and the songvv. 25–35
The sea arrives as a second great world, vast enough for ships and creatures beyond counting, including Leviathan, who has apparently been made for frolic. Every creature looks to God for food; an open hand satisfies, a hidden face terrifies, and withdrawn breath returns living things to dust. Yet the Spirit creates again and renews the face of the earth. The psalmist answers with a lifelong song, while hoping that sinners and the wicked will vanish from the earth—a brisk final turn after the lions, ships, and playful sea monster.
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Ps 104:1Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
Ps 104:2He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Ps 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
Ps 104:4He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.
Ps 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
Ps 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
Ps 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
Ps 104:8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
Ps 104:9You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.
Ps 104:10He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
Ps 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Ps 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
Ps 104:13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
Ps 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Ps 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
Ps 104:16The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,
Ps 104:17where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
Ps 104:18The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.
Ps 104:19He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
Ps 104:20You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
Ps 104:21The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.
Ps 104:22The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.
Ps 104:23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
Ps 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
Ps 104:25Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
Ps 104:26There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
Ps 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
Ps 104:28When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
Ps 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
Ps 104:30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
Ps 104:31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.
Ps 104:32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
Ps 104:33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Ps 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Ps 104:35May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 312 passages were voted onto 35 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 30Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- 4Hebrews 1:7Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
- 33Psalms 63:4So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
- 34Habakkuk 3:17–18Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
- 34Philippians 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- 33Psalms 146:2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- 5Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
- 15Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- 24Jeremiah 10:12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- 34Psalms 119:15–16I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
- 34Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
- 34Psalms 119:127–128Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
- 1Psalms 103:22Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!
- 1Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- 34Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- 34Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
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