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The Foundation Work of Creation
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 ...

The Works of Creation
The Lord makes the grass and food for the animals to grow (vv. 14-15). He provides dwelling places for animals and birds (vv. 16-18). To all of this, He brought in the orderly cycles of life. He has added the sun and moon to rule the times when various creatures on the earth are ...

All Life Comes From God
The psalmist continues to praise the Lord for all His creation. The ocean is alive with creatures great and small (v. 24). Water is a predominant theme in this psalm (vv. 25-26). In the sea the ships move freely, but for the whale the sea is his playground. The whale is portrayed as nothing more ...