Psalms 101:1-8
Serve The Lord With Gladness
Psalms 102:1-14
What Happens When Trouble Strikes?
Psalms 102:15-22
Beware of Settling Into a Comfort Zone
Psalms 102:23-28
God is Immeasurable And Immutable
Psalms 103:1-22
The Mercy of The Lord is Everlasting
Psalms 104:1-13
The Foundation Work of Creation
Psalms 104:14-23
The Works of Creation
Psalms 104:24-35
All Life Comes From God
Psalms 105:1-12
God’s goodness to His People
Psalms 105:13-25
The Story of Joseph in Egypt
Psalms 105:26-36
Miracles Performed by Moses And Aaron
Psalms 105:37-45
God’s Miraculous Provisions For Israel
Psalms 106:1-15
A Nation Asks For Forgiveness
Psalms 106:16-31
The Nation Exhibits Gross Unbelief
Psalms 106:32-48
Blasphemy in The Place of Blessing
Psalms 106:40-48
God’s Mercy is Not Limited to My Faithfulness
Psalms 107:1-16
Celebrating The Jews Return From Babylonian Exile
Psalms 107:10-22
Prisoners Are Delivered From Bondage
The Foundation Work of Creation
Psalms 104:1–13
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This Psalm details the Lord’s glory in creation while revealing the fall of man and the cursed earth. This section of the Psalm (vv. 1-13) approximates the first 3 days of creation (Gen. 1:1-13). The Creator is greater than the creation and he is to be worshiped and not the creation (vv. 1-2). The waters in the creation were above the heavens (v. 3). The earth is built on God’s foundations (v. 5). These foundations established the boundaries of the sea’s reach (vv. 5-8) and the boundaries of the sea’s rage (v. 9). Psalm 104 presents Him as a God of creation. The psalmist was evidently a man in love with nature’s author and creator. This psalm follows the plan of creation as follows:
l. Days one and two - (vv. 1-4)
2. Day three (first half - vv. 5-13) / (second half - vv. 14-18)
3. Days four, five and six - (vv. 19-30)
4. Day seven - (vv. 3l-35)
As the psalmist views the creative work of God, in some respects it is even a more striking record than that of Genesis. The first thing God created was light (vv. 1-2). The psalmist speaks of God stretching out the heavens in light, His sovereign control of the deep, His adorning the earth as a dwelling place for man, His arranging night and day for life, and His preparing the sea for its life. The Lord formed all the heavenly elements including the clouds, the wind and fire (vv. 3-4). He founded the earth and covered it with the waters (vv. 5-6). The psalmist vividly portrays the Lord’s gathering the waters into rivers and oceans with a boundary line (vv. 7-9). God’s rebuking the waters suggests they were a chaotic force to be conquered (v. 7). In adorning this earth as a beautiful place to live, God placed springs in the valley as a place to water the animals (vv. 10-13).
Application
As stated in the beginning, the earth is built on God’s foundation. It can never be moved by anyone other than God. That is why I should never fret or worry but turn all my cares over to Him.
Psalms 104:1-13 (English Standard Version)
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