Themes for Psalm 104
Yahweh’s relationship to the natural world
Yahweh exercises his kingly rule over creation, not through mankind's dominance, but through his direct rule and intervention of his Spirit
God’s mighty acts in nature (“the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His work” — Psalm 104:13)
The Positive Outlook On Life – Psalm 104:34
How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Psalm 104:24
Hymns
A. Hymns in General
Psalms 8; 19; 29; 33; 65; 67; 68; 96; 98; 100; 103; 104; 105; 111; 113; 114; 117; 135; 136; 139; 145-150.
Form
1. Introduction: A call to praise, sing, and rejoice to Yahweh in some form. 2. Body: The reasons why Yahweh should be praised
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But we believe that it is somewhere. Sheol was where *Jews believed that they went when they died. Most Christians believe that God’s people go to be with him in heaven (his home) when they die.
In verse 9, we read "never again will the waters cover the earth". Some Bible students think that this is about Noah's Flood, when waters covered the earth. They did cover the earth when they came from above the skies. They are not there any more, but in the rivers and seas. There will never be another flood as Noah’s Flood. This is good news when many people are afraid of "global warming". This means that the earth (a ball or globe) is getting hotter, so the ice will become water and flood (cover with water) the earth. The *psalmist said that this would not happen. He knew what God had told Noah in Genesis 9:11: "There will never be another flood to destroy the earth".
What Psalm 104: 10 - 23 means
The first part of the psalm tells us that God *created the earth and the sky. But he did not go away and leave it. The next part of the psalm, verses 10-23, tells us that he stayed with it. He still makes sure that everything happens as he wants it to. In other words, he takes care of everything. As Paul wrote, "By him everything continues to stay alive", (Colossians 1:17). Water comes out of the ground (springs) and goes into streams and rivers. These give water to wild animals and birds, verses 10-12. The donkeys in verse 11 are like small
There are 150 psalms in the Book of Psalms that were written over the span of 800 years. Most of the Psalms written were made to be sung. There are two main genres of Psalms, which are laments and hymns. David is know to have written 73 psalms, Asaph wrote 12, the sons of Korah wrote 11, Solomon wrote 2, Moses wrote 1 and 50 are anonymous . Although 50 were anonymous, David was certainly the author of the majority of the Psalms.
“For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him.”
God’s command to “fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion” (Gen 1:28) by tilling the earth shows that man’s capacity to dominate the earth lies within himself, transforming it to his own needs.
the sky (Genesis 2:19)”. Does the Bible mean it literally, or does it mean something else and C.S.
God is an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent God who created the entire earth by simply speaking it into existence (Colossians 1:16-17). All things that exist on the earth, such as the birds, fish, plants, and humans, were created by God for a specific purpose. Since He is the only true God and Sovereign Creator who intricately crafted everything, He deserves all our adoration and
Chapters 3 and 4 of Tim Keller's Every Good Endeavor expanded vastly on the idea of work and the way God sees it as well as it's purposes. Chapter 3 begins with Keller describing to us our greatest work given to us by God namely our call to "fill the Earth and subdue it”. He expands on this idea of "subduing” the Earth by explaining it as more of a cultivation process. This idea makes the task itself more of a caretakers responsibility rather than a conquerors territory. We are God's representatives called to follow His pattern of development by fulfilling our individual callings. Keller also includes that we are called to creativity just as God called Adam to come up with names for the animals he wants us to create just like Him. and again
An important allusion in O Pioneers is the one made to the 101st Psalm. This allusion can be seen when Ivar repeats the verse in part five, chapter one. In the verse, David gives his guidelines for living life. In olden times this scripture held the utmost importance, as many people memorized it and implemented David’s guidelines in their own lives. This scripture expanded on the novel’s theme of Christianity and drew my interest because I have similar views as some of the characters.
In Psalms, we see a collection of lyrical poetry, songs and prayers. Many of these were written by King David himself. The book covers almost the entire gamut of human emotion, from sorrow to joy, from doubt to faith.
The attendance of the Lord as shepherd is present throughout the Holy Bible. Whether being accountable of the primary duty of providing animals with sufficient food and water, protecting the sheep, or just plain caring for the sheep like David, the responsibility of the shepherd is making sure every facet of a sheep’s life is taken care of. The rationale of this paper is to give an exposition of Psalm 23, while reflecting on Psalms as a whole, in order to give adequate evidence for arriving at a conclusion that proves the LORD is the only necessity in an individual’s life in regards to the role of a servant.
1:26) and all other animals that are in His creation. Although God has given humans the power to rule over animals, they ultimately belong to God. Psalm 89:11 states, “The heavens are thine, the earth
Psalm 146, according to many Old Testament scholars, is thought to have been written sometime between Judah’s “return from exile in 538 B.C…. [and] the time of Ezra and Nehemiah in the middle of the fifth century B.C.” One reason that scholars think that Psalm 146 was composed at a later date is because of its use of Aramaisms in verses four (i.e. estonotayw or “their plans”) and five (i.e. sibro or “whose hope”), as well as its use of the late Hebrew word zoqep (i.e. “lifts up”) in verse eight. The biblical scholar John Kselman also points out that “Psalm 146 is a collection of partial quotations and [it has] echoes of other biblical poems… [, which clearly denotes an] ‘anthological style,’ [and] this technique… [is] considered an indication
As the longest chapter in the Bible, Psalm 119 is a Psalm of delighting in the Word of God. Psalm 119 is comprised of 176 verses that give adoration to God and the Torah.
Now reading this verse might not conjure up amazing images in your head, but take a look around you and you will see an amazing world that defies the imagination of mortal man. If God had just created man and placed him on an empty planet with nothing to see, no mountains, no bodies of water, no canyons, etc, and asked man to create a world, would we have anything close to what we see around us today? I dare to say that we would probably still be living on an empty world all these years later. Only the one true God could create all that we see and hear.
The last segment of the Psalm is Moses’ appeal to God for him to return his presence to his people: “Return, O LORD, how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.” Not only should God return, but Moses asks for complete restoration and for God to bless the work of man: “Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
In the Old Testament, Heman the Ezrahite, the son of Joel and the grandson of Samuel the judge and prophet of Israel, wrote Psalm 88. This Psalm is a very unique one in that it is the only one that does not end with an assertion of comfort or joy. It is very sad and melancholy and you can tell that it was written by someone in a very depressive state: