Psalm 104.
In Psalm 103 we were shown the praise of the redeemed of Israel in the latter day on account of the place of favor, into which by divine grace, they will have been brought. In Psalm 104 the Lord is still the object before the redeemed ones, and now the earth as His handiwork, apart from man, is considered.
As in the 103rd psalm, the beginning and ending is “Bless the Lord (properly Jehovah, as we have before noticed) O my soul.” In that coming day He will in very truth inhabit, or dwell amid, the praises of Israel (Psalm 22:3).
How very great is the person who will rule the earth when it is set right by His power, verses 1 to 4 tell. There is no mention in the psalm of the depth to which the Lord stooped, but Philippians 2:6-11 gives in six short verses what He was, what He became in lowly grace, and what is the unique place reserved for Him because of that humiliation and death. (See also Hebrews 1). The Bible is the only book that can properly set forth the glory of His Person.
Genesis 1:9, 10 may be referred to, in connection with verses 6-8 of our psalm, and Genesis 9:14-17 in connection with verse 9. The gracious, providential provision of God in creation is witnessed in verses 10 to 30. The recording of this leads out the testimony of verse 24.
All depends on the Creator-King, for it will be observed that the Person spoken of in these psalms as Jehovah, the LORD, is Jesus, acknowledged as the eternal God.
This psalm seems to call for little explanation, but every verse tells of His glory.
ML 08/23/1931