Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Psalms
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:1 JFB -> Commentary on 104:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:1 TOD -> Commentary on 104:1 WEN -> Notes on 104:1 NTB -> Animals; Glory; God; Praise; Psalms; Readings, Select; Thankfulness TTT -> Birds; Glory of God, The; Praise EBD -> Dress 104:1 - [In Context] Praise the LORD, I tell myself; O LORD my God, how great you are! You are robed with honor and with majesty;
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:2 JFB -> Commentary on 104:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:2 TOD -> Commentary on 104:2 WEN -> Notes on 104:2 NTB -> God; Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena TTT -> Birds; Light EBD -> Dress 104:2 - [In Context] you are dressed in a robe of light. You stretch out the starry curtain of the heavens;
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:3 JFB -> Commentary on 104:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:3 TOD -> Commentary on 104:3 WEN -> Notes on 104:3 NTB -> Chariot; God; Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena TTT -> Birds; Chariots; Clouds EBD -> Chariot; Zaretan SBD -> Chariot 104:3 - [In Context] you lay out the rafters of your home in the rain clouds. You make the clouds your chariots; you ride upon the wings of the wind.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:4 JFB -> Commentary on 104:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:4 SRN -> Study Notes on 104:4 TOD -> Commentary on 104:4 WEN -> Notes on 104:4 NTB -> Angel (a spirit); Fire; God; Quotations And Allusions TTT -> Angels; Birds; Fire EBD -> Angel SBD -> Minister 104:4 - [In Context] The winds are your messengers; flames of fire are your servants.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:5 JFB -> Commentary on 104:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:5 TOD -> Commentary on 104:5 WEN -> Notes on 104:5 NTB -> Continents; Earth; Geology; God TTT -> Birds; Foundation; Providence of God, The 104:5 - [In Context] You placed the world on its foundation so it would never be moved.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:6 JFB -> Commentary on 104:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:6 TOD -> Commentary on 104:6 WEN -> Notes on 104:6 NTB -> Continents; Earth; Geology; God TTT -> Birds; Mountains; Providence of God, The 104:6 - [In Context] You clothed the earth with floods of water, water that covered even the mountains.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:7 JFB -> Commentary on 104:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:7 TOD -> Commentary on 104:7 WEN -> Notes on 104:7 NTB -> Continents; Earth; Geology; God; God (continued); Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena TTT -> Birds; Providence of God, The EBD -> Thunder 104:7 - [In Context] At the sound of your rebuke, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it fled away.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:8 JFB -> Commentary on 104:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:8 TOD -> Commentary on 104:8 WEN -> Notes on 104:8 NTB -> Continents; Earth; Geology; God TTT -> Birds; Foundation; Mountains; Providence of God, The; Rain; Rivers; Valleys; Water EBD -> Valley 104:8 - [In Context] Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:9 JFB -> Commentary on 104:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:9 TOD -> Commentary on 104:9 WEN -> Notes on 104:9 NTB -> Continents; Earth; Geology; God; God (continued) TTT -> Birds; Mountains; Providence of God, The 104:9 - [In Context] Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:10 JFB -> Commentary on 104:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:10 TOD -> Commentary on 104:10 WEN -> Notes on 104:10 NTB -> Geology; God; God (continued) TTT -> Ass, The Wild; Beasts; Birds; Fountains and Springs; Mountains; Rivers; Valleys 104:10 - [In Context] You make the springs pour water into ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:11 JFB -> Commentary on 104:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:11 TOD -> Commentary on 104:11 WEN -> Notes on 104:11 NTB -> Animals; Ass (Donkey); Geology; God; God (continued) TTT -> Ass, The Wild; Beasts; Birds; Fountains and Springs 104:11 - [In Context] They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:12 JFB -> Commentary on 104:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:12 TOD -> Commentary on 104:12 WEN -> Notes on 104:12 NTB -> Birds; Geology; God; God (continued) TTT -> Birds; Fountains and Springs EBD -> Bird 104:12 - [In Context] The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:13 JFB -> Commentary on 104:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:13 TOD -> Commentary on 104:13 WEN -> Notes on 104:13 NTB -> Geology; God; God (continued); Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena TTT -> Clouds; Fruits; Mountains EBD -> Fruit 104:13 - [In Context] You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:14 JFB -> Commentary on 104:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:14 TOD -> Commentary on 104:14 WEN -> Notes on 104:14 NTB -> Food; God; God (continued); Wine TTT -> Clouds; Grass; Herbs, &c; Oil; Praise EBD -> Grass; Providence 104:14 - [In Context] You cause grass to grow for the cattle. You cause plants to grow for people to use. You allow them to produce food from the earth –
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:15 JFB -> Commentary on 104:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:15 TOD -> Commentary on 104:15 WEN -> Notes on 104:15 NTB -> Anointing; Food; God; God (continued); Wine TTT -> Anointing; Bread; Oil; Wine EBD -> Anoint; Oil 104:15 - [In Context] wine to make them glad, olive oil as lotion for their skin, and bread to give them strength.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:16 JFB -> Commentary on 104:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:16 TOD -> Commentary on 104:16 WEN -> Notes on 104:16 NTB -> God; God (continued); Lebanon TTT -> Cedar, The; Trees EBD -> Lebanon SPG -> Devotional using 104:16 SPG -> Devotional using 104:16 104:16 - [In Context] The trees of the LORD are well cared for – the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:17 JFB -> Commentary on 104:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:17 TOD -> Commentary on 104:17 WEN -> Notes on 104:17 NTB -> Birds; God; God (continued); Stork TTT -> Birds; Trees EBD -> Lebanon 104:17 - [In Context] There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the firs.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:18 JFB -> Commentary on 104:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:18 TOD -> Commentary on 104:18 WEN -> Notes on 104:18 NTB -> Goat; God; God (continued) TTT -> Beasts; Goat, The; Mountains; Rocks EBD -> Coney; Goat; Lebanon; Roe SBD -> Coney; Goat 104:18 - [In Context] High in the mountains are pastures for the wild goats, and the rocks form a refuge for rock badgers. F84
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:19 JFB -> Commentary on 104:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:19 TOD -> Commentary on 104:19 WEN -> Notes on 104:19 NTB -> God; God (continued); Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena; Moon; Seasons TTT -> Moon, The; Sun, The SBD -> Moon 104:19 - [In Context] You made the moon to mark the seasons and the sun that knows when to set.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:20 JFB -> Commentary on 104:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:20 TOD -> Commentary on 104:20 WEN -> Notes on 104:20 NTB -> Animals; Creeping Things; God; Meteorology And Celestial Phenomena TTT -> Darkness; Forests; Night 104:20 - [In Context] You send the darkness, and it becomes night, when all the forest animals prowl about.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:21 JFB -> Commentary on 104:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:21 TOD -> Commentary on 104:21 WEN -> Notes on 104:21 NTB -> Animals; God TTT -> Lion, The; Night EBD -> Curtain; Lions; Providence 104:21 - [In Context] Then the young lions roar for their food, but they are dependent on God.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:22 JFB -> Commentary on 104:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:22 TOD -> Commentary on 104:22 WEN -> Notes on 104:22 NTB -> Animals; God TTT -> Day; Lion, The; Night EBD -> Den; Providence 104:22 - [In Context] At dawn they slink back into their dens to rest.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:23 JFB -> Commentary on 104:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:23 TOD -> Commentary on 104:23 WEN -> Notes on 104:23 NTB -> Animals; God TTT -> Day; Evening, The; Night EBD -> Providence 104:23 - [In Context] Then people go off to their work; they labor until the evening shadows fall again.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:24 JFB -> Commentary on 104:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:24 TOD -> Commentary on 104:24 WEN -> Notes on 104:24 NTB -> Animals; God; God (continued) TTT -> Creation; Earth, The; Goodness of God, The; Wisdom of God, The EBD -> Bless; Providence 104:24 - [In Context] O LORD, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:25 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:25 JFB -> Commentary on 104:25 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:25 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:25 TOD -> Commentary on 104:25 WEN -> Notes on 104:25 NTB -> Animals; Creeping Things; God; God (continued) TTT -> Fishes; Insects; Sea, The EBD -> Providence 104:25 - [In Context] Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both great and small.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:26 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:26 JFB -> Commentary on 104:26 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:26 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:26 TOD -> Commentary on 104:26 WEN -> Notes on 104:26 NTB -> God; God (continued); Leviathan TTT -> Leviathan; Sea, The; Ships EBD -> Leviathan; Providence SBD -> Leviathan 104:26 - [In Context] See the ships sailing along, and Leviathan, which you made to play in the sea.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:27 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:27 JFB -> Commentary on 104:27 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:27 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:27 TOD -> Commentary on 104:27 WEN -> Notes on 104:27 NTB -> God; God (continued); Waiting TTT -> Insects; Providence of God, The; Waiting Upon God EBD -> Providence 104:27 - [In Context] Every one of these depends on you to give them their food as they need it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:28 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:28 JFB -> Commentary on 104:28 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:28 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:28 TOD -> Commentary on 104:28 WEN -> Notes on 104:28 NTB -> God; God (continued); Waiting TTT -> Hands, The; Lion, The; Providence of God, The; Waiting Upon God EBD -> Providence 104:28 - [In Context] When you supply it, they gather it. You open your hand to feed them, and they are satisfied.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:29 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:29 JFB -> Commentary on 104:29 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:29 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:29 TOD -> Commentary on 104:29 WEN -> Notes on 104:29 NTB -> Corruption; Death; God; God (continued) TTT -> Death, Natural EBD -> Death; Providence 104:29 - [In Context] But if you turn away from them, they panic. When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:30 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:30 JFB -> Commentary on 104:30 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:30 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:30 TOD -> Commentary on 104:30 WEN -> Notes on 104:30 NTB -> God; God (continued); Life; Power TTT -> Creation; Power of the Holy Spirit, The EBD -> Creation; Holy Ghost 104:30 - [In Context] When you send your Spirit, new life is born to replenish all the living of the earth.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:31 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:31 JFB -> Commentary on 104:31 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:31 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:31 TOD -> Commentary on 104:31 WEN -> Notes on 104:31 NTB -> Glory; God TTT -> Glory of God, The 104:31 - [In Context] May the glory of the LORD last forever! The LORD rejoices in all he has made!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:32 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:32 JFB -> Commentary on 104:32 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:32 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:32 TOD -> Commentary on 104:32 WEN -> Notes on 104:32 NTB -> Earthquakes; God; God (continued); Volcanoes TTT -> Earthquakes; Mountains EBD -> Earthquake 104:32 - [In Context] The earth trembles at his glance; the mountains burst into flame at his touch.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:33 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:33 JFB -> Commentary on 104:33 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:33 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:33 TOD -> Commentary on 104:33 WEN -> Notes on 104:33 NTB -> Music; Praise TTT -> Praise TV -> Devotional using 104:33 TV -> Devotional using 104:33 TV -> Devotional using 104:33 104:33 - [In Context] I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will praise my God to my last breath!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:34 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:34 JFB -> Commentary on 104:34 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:34 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:34 TOD -> Commentary on 104:34 WEN -> Notes on 104:34 NTB -> Joy; Meditation; Praise TV -> Devotional using 104:34 TV -> Devotional using 104:34 TV -> Devotional using 104:34 104:34 - [In Context] May he be pleased by all these thoughts about him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 104:35 GSB -> Study Notes on 104:35 JFB -> Commentary on 104:35 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 104:35 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 104:35 TOD -> Commentary on 104:35 WEN -> Notes on 104:35 NTB -> Wicked (People) TTT -> Praise EBD -> Bless SBD -> Alleluia 104:35 - [In Context] Let all sinners vanish from the face of the earth; let the wicked disappear forever. As for me – I will praise the LORD! Praise the LORD!
FOOTNOTES: F84: Or coneys, or hyraxes.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TOD - Treasury of David; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; SPG - Spurgeon's Morning & Evening; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.