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<div2 id="Ps.cv" n="cv" next="Ps.cvi" prev="Ps.civ" progress="57.38%" title="Chapter CIV">
<h2 id="Ps.cv-p0.1">P S A L M S</h2>
<h3 id="Ps.cv-p0.2">PSALM CIV.</h3>
<p class="intro" id="Ps.cv-p1">It is very probable that this psalm was penned by
the same hand, and at the same time, as the former; for as that
ended this begins, with "Bless the Lord, O my soul!" and concludes
with it too. The style indeed is somewhat different, because the
matter is so: the scope of the foregoing psalm was to celebrate the
goodness of God and his tender mercy and compassion, to which a
soft and sweet style was most agreeable; the scope of this is to
celebrate his greatness, and majesty, and sovereign dominion, which
ought to be done in the most stately lofty strains of poetry.
David, in the former psalm, gave God the glory of his
covenant-mercy and love to his own people; in this he gives him the
glory of his works of creation and providence, his dominion over,
and his bounty to, all the creatures. God is there praised as the
God of grace, here as the God of nature. And this psalm is wholly
bestowed on that subject; not as <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.19.1-Ps.19.14" parsed="|Ps|19|1|19|14" passage="Ps 19:1-14">Ps.
xix.</scripRef>, which begins with it, but passes from it to the
consideration of the divine law; nor as <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.8.1-Ps.8.9" parsed="|Ps|8|1|8|9" passage="Ps 8:1-9">Ps. viii.</scripRef>, which speaks of this but
prophetically, and with an eye to Christ. This noble poem is
thought by very competent judges greatly to excel, not only for
piety and devotion (that is past dispute), but for flight of fancy,
brightness of ideas, surprising turns, and all the beauties and
ornaments of expression, the Greek and Latin poets upon any subject
of this nature. Many great things the psalmist here gives God the
glory of I. The splendour of his majesty in the upper world,
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.3" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.1-Ps.104.4" parsed="|Ps|104|1|104|4" passage="Ps 104:1-4">ver. 1-4</scripRef>. II. The
creation of the sea and the dry land, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.4" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.5-Ps.104.9" parsed="|Ps|104|5|104|9" passage="Ps 104:5-9">ver. 5-9</scripRef>. III. The provision he makes for
the maintenance of all the creatures according to their nature,
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.5" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.10-Ps.104.18 Bible:Ps.104.27 Bible:Ps.104.28" parsed="|Ps|104|10|104|18;|Ps|104|27|0|0;|Ps|104|28|0|0" passage="Ps 104:10-18,27,28">ver. 10-18, 27,
28</scripRef>. IV. The regular course of the sun and moon,
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.6" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.19-Ps.104.24" parsed="|Ps|104|19|104|24" passage="Ps 104:19-24">ver. 19-24</scripRef>. V. The
furniture of the sea, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.7" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.25-Ps.104.26" parsed="|Ps|104|25|104|26" passage="Ps 104:25,26">ver. 25,
26</scripRef>. IV. God's sovereign power over all the creatures,
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.8" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.29-Ps.104.32" parsed="|Ps|104|29|104|32" passage="Ps 104:29-32">ver. 29-32</scripRef>. And,
lastly, he concludes with a pleasant and firm resolution to
continue praising God (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p1.9" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.33-Ps.104.35" parsed="|Ps|104|33|104|35" passage="Ps 104:33-35">ver.
33-35</scripRef>), with which we should heartily join in singing
this psalm.</p>
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<h4 id="Ps.cv-p1.12">The Divine Majesty.</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Ps.cv-p2">1 Bless the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p2.1">Lord</span>,
O my soul<span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p2.2">. O Lord</span> my God, thou art
very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.   2 Who
coverest <i>thyself</i> with light as <i>with</i> a garment: who
stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:   3 Who layeth the
beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his
chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:   4 Who
maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:   5
<i>Who</i> laid the foundations of the earth, <i>that</i> it should
not be removed for ever.   6 Thou coveredst it with the deep
as <i>with</i> a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
  7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they
hasted away.   8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by
the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.  
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn
not again to cover the earth.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p3">When we are addressing ourselves to any
religious service we must <i>stir up ourselves to take hold on
God</i> in it (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p3.1" osisRef="Bible:Isa.64.7" parsed="|Isa|64|7|0|0" passage="Isa 64:7">Isa. lxiv.
7</scripRef>); so David does here. "Come, my soul, where art thou?
What art thou thinking of? Here is work to be done, good work,
angels' work; set about it in good earnest; let all the powers and
faculties be engaged and employed in it: <i>Bless the Lord, O my
soul!</i>" In these verses,</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p4">I. The psalmist looks up to the divine
glory shining in the upper world, of which, though it is one of the
things not seen, faith is the evidence. With what reverence and
holy awe does he begin his meditation with that acknowledgment:
<i>O Lord my God! thou art very great!</i> It is the joy of the
saints that he who is their God is a great God. The grandeur of the
prince is the pride and pleasure of all his good subjects. The
majesty of God is here set forth by various instances, alluding to
the figure which great princes in their public appearances covet to
make. Their equipage, compared with his (even of the eastern kings,
who most affected pomp), is but as the light of a glow-worm
compared with that of the sun, when he goes forth in his strength.
Princes appear great, 1. In their robes; and what are God's robes?
<i>Thou art clothed with honour and majesty,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.1" parsed="|Ps|104|1|0|0" passage="Ps 104:1"><i>v.</i> 1</scripRef>. God is seen in his works, and
these proclaim him infinitely wise and good, and all that is great.
Thou <i>coverest thyself with light as with a garment,</i>
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.2" parsed="|Ps|104|2|0|0" passage="Ps 104:2"><i>v.</i> 2</scripRef>. God <i>is
light</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.3" osisRef="Bible:1John.1.5" parsed="|1John|1|5|0|0" passage="1Jo 1:5">1 John i. 5</scripRef>), the
<i>Father of lights</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.4" osisRef="Bible:Jas.1.17" parsed="|Jas|1|17|0|0" passage="Jam 1:17">Jam. i.
17</scripRef>); he <i>dwells in light</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.5" osisRef="Bible:1Tim.6.16" parsed="|1Tim|6|16|0|0" passage="1Ti 6:16">1 Tim. vi. 16</scripRef>); he clothes himself with it.
The residence of his glory is in the highest heaven, that light
which was created the first day, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.6" osisRef="Bible:Gen.1.3" parsed="|Gen|1|3|0|0" passage="Ge 1:3">Gen. i.
3</scripRef>. Of all visible beings light comes nearest to the
nature of a spirit, and therefore with that God is pleased to cover
himself, that is, to reveal himself under that similitude, as men
are seen in the clothes with which they cover themselves; and so
only, for his face cannot be seen. 2. In their palaces or
pavilions, when they take the field; and what is God's palace and
his pavilion? He <i>stretches out the heavens like a curtain,</i>
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.7" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.2" parsed="|Ps|104|2|0|0" passage="Ps 104:2"><i>v.</i> 2</scripRef>. So he did at
first, when he made the firmament, which in the Hebrew has its name
from its being expanded, or <i>stretched out,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.8" osisRef="Bible:Gen.1.7" parsed="|Gen|1|7|0|0" passage="Ge 1:7">Gen. i. 7</scripRef>. He made it to divide the
waters as a curtain divides between two apartments. So he does
still: he now <i>stretches out the heavens like a curtain,</i>
keeps them upon the stretch, and they <i>continue to this day
according to his ordinance.</i> The regions of the air are
stretched out about the earth, like a curtain about a bed, to keep
it warm, and drawn between us and the upper world, to break its
dazzling light; for, though God <i>covers himself with light,</i>
yet, in compassion to us, <i>he makes darkness his pavilion. Thick
clouds are a covering to him.</i> The vastness of this pavilion may
lead us to consider how great, how very great, he is that <i>fills
heaven and earth.</i> He has his <i>chambers,</i> his <i>upper
rooms</i> (so the word signifies), <i>the beams</i> whereof <i>he
lays in the waters,</i> the waters that are above the firmament
(<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.9" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.3" parsed="|Ps|104|3|0|0" passage="Ps 104:3"><i>v.</i> 3</scripRef>), as he has
<i>founded the earth upon the seas and floods,</i> the waters
beneath the firmament. Though air and water are fluid bodies, yet,
by the divine power, they are kept as tight and as firm in the
place assigned them as a chamber is with beams and rafters. How
great a God is he whose presence-chamber is thus reared, thus
fixed! 3. In their coaches of state, with their stately horses,
which add much to the magnificence of their entries; but God
<i>makes the clouds his chariots,</i> in which he rides strongly,
swiftly, and far above out of the reach of opposition, when at any
time he will act by uncommon providences in the government of this
world. He descended in a cloud, as in a chariot, to Mount Sinai, to
give the law, and to Mount Tabor, to proclaim the gospel (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.10" osisRef="Bible:Matt.17.5" parsed="|Matt|17|5|0|0" passage="Mt 17:5">Matt. xvii. 5</scripRef>), and he <i>walks</i> (a
gentle pace indeed, yet stately) <i>upon the wings of the wind.</i>
See <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.11" osisRef="Bible:Ps.18.10-Ps.18.11" parsed="|Ps|18|10|18|11" passage="Ps 18:10,11">Ps. xviii. 10, 11</scripRef>.
He commands the winds, directs them as he pleases, and serves his
own purposes by them. 4. In their retinue or train of attendants;
and here also God is very great, for (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.12" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.4" parsed="|Ps|104|4|0|0" passage="Ps 104:4"><i>v.</i> 4</scripRef>) he <i>makes his angels
spirits.</i> This is quoted by the apostle (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.13" osisRef="Bible:Heb.1.7" parsed="|Heb|1|7|0|0" passage="Heb 1:7">Heb. i. 7</scripRef>) to prove the pre-eminence of Christ
above the angels. The angels are here said to be <i>his angels</i>
and <i>his ministers,</i> for they are under his dominion and at
his disposal; they are <i>winds,</i> and <i>a flame of fire,</i>
that is, they appeared in wind and fire (so some), or they are as
swift as winds, and pure as flames; or he <i>makes them
spirits,</i> so the apostle quotes it. They are spiritual beings;
and, whatever vehicles they may have proper to their nature, it is
certain they have not bodies as we have. Being spirits, they are so
much the further removed from the encumbrances of the human nature
and so much the nearer allied to the glories of the divine nature.
And they are bright, and quick, and ascending, as fire, as <i>a
flame of fire.</i> In Ezekiel's vision they ran and returned
<i>like a flash of lightning,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p4.14" osisRef="Bible:Ezek.1.14" parsed="|Ezek|1|14|0|0" passage="Eze 1:14">Ezek. i. 14</scripRef>. Thence they are called
<i>seraphim—burners.</i> Whatever they are, they are what God made
them, what he still makes them; they derive their being from him,
having the being he gave them, are held in being by him, and he
makes what use he pleases of them.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p5">II. He looks down, and looks about, to the
power of God shining in this lower world. He is not so taken up
with the glories of his court as to neglect even the remotest of
his territories; no, not the sea and dry land.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p6">1. He has founded the earth, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p6.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.5" parsed="|Ps|104|5|0|0" passage="Ps 104:5"><i>v.</i> 5</scripRef>. Though he has <i>hung it
upon nothing</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p6.2" osisRef="Bible:Job.26.2" parsed="|Job|26|2|0|0" passage="Job 26:2">Job xxvi.
2</scripRef>), <i>ponderibus librata suis—balanced by its own
weight,</i> yet it is as immovable as if it had been laid upon the
surest foundations. He has built the earth upon her basis, so that
though it has received a dangerous shock by the sin of man, and the
malice of hell strikes at it, yet <i>it shall not be removed for
ever,</i> that is, not till the end of time, when it must give way
to the new earth. Dr. Hammond's paraphrase of this is worth noting:
"God has fixed so strange a place for the earth, that, being a
heavy body, one would think it should fall every minute; and yet,
which way soever we would imagine it to stir, it must, contrary to
the nature of such a body, fall upwards, and so can have no
possible ruin but by tumbling into heaven."</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p7">2. He has set bounds to the sea; for that
also is his. (1.) He brought it within bounds in the creation. At
first the earth, which, being the more ponderous body, would
subside of course, was <i>covered with the deep</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.6" parsed="|Ps|104|6|0|0" passage="Ps 104:6"><i>v.</i> 6</scripRef>): <i>The waters were
above the mountains;</i> and so it was unfit to be, as it was
designed, a habitation for man; and therefore, on the third day,
God said, <i>Let the waters under the heaven be gathered to one
place, and let the dry land appear,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.2" osisRef="Bible:Gen.1.9" parsed="|Gen|1|9|0|0" passage="Ge 1:9">Gen. i. 9</scripRef>. This command of God is here called
his <i>rebuke,</i> as if he gave it because he was displeased that
the earth was thus covered with water and not fit for man to dwell
on. Power went along with this word, and therefore it is also
called here <i>the voice of</i> his <i>thunder,</i> which is a
mighty voice and produces strange effects, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.3" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.7" parsed="|Ps|104|7|0|0" passage="Ps 104:7"><i>v.</i> 7</scripRef>. <i>At thy rebuke,</i> as if they
were made sensible that they were out of their place, <i>they fled;
they hasted away</i> (they called, and not in vain, to the rocks
and mountains to cover them), as it is said on another occasion
(<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.4" osisRef="Bible:Ps.77.16" parsed="|Ps|77|16|0|0" passage="Ps 77:16">Ps. lxxii. 16</scripRef>), <i>The
waters saw thee, O God! the waters saw thee; they were afraid.</i>
Even those fluid bodies received the impression of God's terror.
But <i>was the Lord displeased against the rivers?</i> No; it was
<i>for the salvation of his people,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.5" osisRef="Bible:Hab.3.8 Bible:Hab.3.13" parsed="|Hab|3|8|0|0;|Hab|3|13|0|0" passage="Hab 3:8,13">Hab. iii. 8, 13</scripRef>. So here; God rebuked the
waters for man's sake, to prepare room for him; for <i>men must not
be made as the fishes of the sea</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.6" osisRef="Bible:Hab.1.14" parsed="|Hab|1|14|0|0" passage="Hab 1:14">Hab. i. 14</scripRef>); they must have air to breathe
in. Immediately therefore, with all speed, the waters retired,
<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.7" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.8" parsed="|Ps|104|8|0|0" passage="Ps 104:8"><i>v.</i> 8</scripRef>. <i>They</i> go
over hill and dale (as we say), <i>go up by the mountains</i> and
<i>down by the valleys;</i> they will neither stop at the former
nor lodge in the latter, but make the best of their way <i>to the
place which thou hast founded for them,</i> and there they make
their bed. Let the obsequiousness even of the unstable waters teach
us obedience to the word and will of God; for shall man alone of
all the creatures be obstinate? Let their retiring to and resting
in the place assigned them teach us to acquiesce in the disposals
of that wise providence which appoints us the bounds of our
habitation. (2.) He keeps it within bounds, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.8" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.9" parsed="|Ps|104|9|0|0" passage="Ps 104:9"><i>v.</i> 9</scripRef>. The waters are forbidden to pass
over the limits set them; they may not, and therefore they do not,
<i>turn again to cover the earth.</i> Once they did, in Noah's
flood, because God bade them, but never since, because he forbids
them, having promised not to drown the world again. God himself
glorifies in this instance of his power (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.9" osisRef="Bible:Job.38.8" parsed="|Job|38|8|0|0" passage="Job 38:8">Job xxxviii. 8</scripRef>, &amp;c.) and uses it as an
argument with us to fear him, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p7.10" osisRef="Bible:Jer.5.22" parsed="|Jer|5|22|0|0" passage="Jer 5:22">Jer. v.
22</scripRef>. This, if duly considered, would keep the world in
awe of the Lord and his goodness, That the waters of the sea would
soon cover the earth if God did not restrain them.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Ps.cv-p7.11" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.10-Ps.104.18" parsed="|Ps|104|10|104|18" passage="Ps 104:10-18" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Ps.104.10-Ps.104.18">
<h4 id="Ps.cv-p7.12">The Divine Bounty.</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Ps.cv-p8">10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys,
<i>which</i> run among the hills.   11 They give drink to
every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
  12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their
habitation, <i>which</i> sing among the branches.   13 He
watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with
the fruit of thy works.   14 He causeth the grass to grow for
the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring
forth food out of the earth;   15 And wine <i>that</i> maketh
glad the heart of man, <i>and</i> oil to make <i>his</i> face to
shine, and bread <i>which</i> strengtheneth man's heart.   16
The trees of the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p8.1">Lord</span> are full <i>of
sap;</i> the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;   17
Where the birds make their nests: <i>as for</i> the stork, the fir
trees <i>are</i> her house.   18 The high hills <i>are</i> a
refuge for the wild goats; <i>and</i> the rocks for the conies.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p9">Having given glory to God as the powerful
protector of this earth, in saving it from being deluged, here he
comes to acknowledge him as its bountiful benefactor, who provides
conveniences for all the creatures.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p10">I. He provides fresh water for their drink:
<i>He sends the springs into the valleys,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p10.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.10" parsed="|Ps|104|10|0|0" passage="Ps 104:10"><i>v.</i> 10</scripRef>. There is water enough indeed
in the sea, that is, enough to drown us, but not one drop to
refresh us, be we ever so thirsty—it is all so salt; and therefore
God has graciously provided water fit to drink. Naturalists dispute
about the origin of fountains; but, whatever are their second
causes, here is their first cause; it is God that <i>sends the
springs into the</i> brooks, <i>which</i> walk by easy steps
between <i>the hills,</i> and receive increase from the rain-water
that descends from them. These <i>give drink,</i> not only to man,
and those creatures that are immediately useful to him, but <i>to
every beast of the field</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p10.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.11" parsed="|Ps|104|11|0|0" passage="Ps 104:11"><i>v.</i> 11</scripRef>); for where God has given life
he provides a livelihood and takes care of all the creatures. Even
<i>the wild asses,</i> though untameable and therefore of no use to
man, are welcome to <i>quench their thirst;</i> and we have no
reason to grudge it them, for we are better provided for, though
<i>born like the wild ass's colt.</i> We have reason to thank God
for the plenty of fair water with which he has provided the
habitable part of his earth, which otherwise would not be
habitable. That ought to be reckoned a great mercy the want of
which would be a great affliction; and the more common it is the
greater mercy it is. <i>Usus communis aquarum—water is common for
all.</i></p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p11">II. He provides food convenient for them,
both for man and beast: <i>The heavens drop fatness;</i> they
<i>hear the earth,</i> but God <i>hears them,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.1" osisRef="Bible:Hos.2.21" parsed="|Hos|2|21|0|0" passage="Ho 2:21">Hos. ii. 21</scripRef>. <i>He waters the hills
from his chambers</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.13" parsed="|Ps|104|13|0|0" passage="Ps 104:13"><i>v.</i>
13</scripRef>), from those chambers spoken of (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.3" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.3" parsed="|Ps|104|3|0|0" passage="Ps 104:3"><i>v.</i> 3</scripRef>), <i>the beams of</i> which <i>he
lays in the waters,</i> those store-chambers, the clouds that
distil fruitful showers. The hills that are not watered by the
rivers, as Egypt was by the Nile, are watered by the rain from
heaven, which is called <i>the river of God</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.4" osisRef="Bible:Ps.65.9" parsed="|Ps|65|9|0|0" passage="Ps 65:9">Ps. lxv. 9</scripRef>), as Canaan was, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.5" osisRef="Bible:Deut.11.11-Deut.11.12" parsed="|Deut|11|11|11|12" passage="De 11:11,12">Deut. xi. 11, 12</scripRef>. Thus <i>the earth is
satisfied with the fruit of his works,</i> either with the rain it
drinks in (the earth knows when it has enough; it is a pity that
any man should not) or with the products it brings forth. It is a
satisfaction to the earth to bear the fruit of God's works for the
benefit of man, for thus it answers the end of its creation. The
<i>food</i> which God <i>brings forth out of the earth</i>
(<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p11.6" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.14" parsed="|Ps|104|14|0|0" passage="Ps 104:14"><i>v.</i> 14</scripRef>) is <i>the
fruit of his works,</i> which <i>the earth is satisfied with.</i>
Observe how various and how valuable its products are.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p12">1. For the cattle there is grass, and the
beasts of prey, that live not on grass, feed on those that do; for
man there is herb, a better sort of grass (and a dinner of herbs
and roots is not to be despised); nay, he is furnished with
<i>wine, and oil, and bread,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p12.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.15" parsed="|Ps|104|15|0|0" passage="Ps 104:15"><i>v.</i> 15</scripRef>. We may observe here,
concerning our food, that which will help to make us both humble
and thankful. (1.) To make us humble let us consider that we have a
necessary dependence upon God for all the supports of this life (we
live upon alms; we are at his finding, for our own hands are not
sufficient for us),—that our food comes all out of the earth, to
remind us whence we ourselves were taken and whither we must
return,—and that therefore we must not think to <i>live by bread
alone,</i> for that will feed the body only, but must look into the
word of God for the meat that endures to eternal life. Let us also
consider that we are in this respect fellow-commoners with the
beasts; the same earth, the same spot of ground, that brings grass
for the cattle, brings corn for man. (2.) To make us thankful let
us consider, [1.] That God not only provides for us, but for our
servants. The cattle that are of use to man are particularly taken
care of; grass is made to grow in great abundance for them, when
<i>the young lions,</i> that are not for the service of man, often
<i>lack and suffer hunger.</i> [2.] That our food is nigh us, and
ready to us. Having our habitation on the earth, there we have our
storehouse, and depend not on the <i>merchant-ships that bring food
from afar,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p12.2" osisRef="Bible:Prov.31.14" parsed="|Prov|31|14|0|0" passage="Pr 31:14">Prov. xxxi.
14</scripRef>. [3.] That we have even from the products of the
earth, not only for necessity, but for ornament and delight, so
good a Master do we serve. <i>First,</i> Does nature call for
something to support it, and repair its daily decays? Here is
<i>bread, which strengthens man's heart,</i> and is therefore
called <i>the staff of life;</i> let none who have that complain of
want. <i>Secondly,</i> Does nature go further, and covet something
pleasant? Here is <i>wine, that makes glad the heart,</i> refreshes
the spirits, and exhilarates them, when it is soberly and
moderately used, that we may not only go through our business, but
go through it cheerfully. It is a pity that that should be abused
to overcharge the heart, and unfit men for their duty, which was
given to revive their heart and quicken them in their duty.
<i>Thirdly,</i> Is nature yet more humoursome, and does it crave
something for ornament too? Here is that also out of the
earth—<i>oil to make the face to shine,</i> that the countenance
may not only be cheerful but beautiful, and we may be the more
acceptable to one another.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p13">2. Nay, the divine providence not only
furnishes animals with their proper food, but vegetables also with
theirs (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p13.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.16" parsed="|Ps|104|16|0|0" passage="Ps 104:16"><i>v.</i> 16</scripRef>):
<i>The trees of the Lord are full of sap,</i> not only men's trees,
which they take care of and have an eye to, in their orchards, and
parks, and other enclosures, but God's trees, which grow in the
wildernesses, and are taken care of only by his providence; they
<i>are full of sap</i> and want no nourishment. Even <i>the cedars
of Lebanon,</i> an open forest, though they are high and bulky, and
require a great deal of sap to feed them, have enough from the
earth; they are trees <i>which he has planted,</i> and which
therefore he will protect and provide for. We may apply this to the
trees of righteousness, which are the planting of the Lord, planted
in his vineyard; these <i>are full of sap,</i> for what God plants
he will water, and those that <i>are planted in the house of the
Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p13.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.92.13" parsed="|Ps|92|13|0|0" passage="Ps 92:13">Ps. xcii. 13</scripRef>.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p14">III. He takes care that they shall have
suitable habitations to dwell in. To men God has given discretion
to build for themselves and for the cattle that are serviceable to
them; but there are some creatures which God more immediately
provides a settlement for. 1. The birds. Some birds, by instinct,
make their nests in the bushes near rivers (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p14.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.12" parsed="|Ps|104|12|0|0" passage="Ps 104:12"><i>v.</i> 12</scripRef>): <i>By the springs</i> that
<i>run among the hills</i> some of the <i>fowls of heaven have
their habitation, which sing among the branches.</i> They sing,
according to their capacity, to the honour of their Creator and
benefactor, and their singing may shame our silence. Our
<i>heavenly Father feeds them</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p14.2" osisRef="Bible:Matt.6.26" parsed="|Matt|6|26|0|0" passage="Mt 6:26">Matt. vi. 26</scripRef>), and therefore they are easy and
cheerful, and take no thought for the morrow. The birds being made
to <i>fly above the earth</i> (as we find, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p14.3" osisRef="Bible:Gen.1.20" parsed="|Gen|1|20|0|0" passage="Ge 1:20">Gen. i. 20</scripRef>), they <i>make their nests</i> on
high, in the tops of trees (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p14.4" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.17" parsed="|Ps|104|17|0|0" passage="Ps 104:17"><i>v.</i>
17</scripRef>); it should seem as if nature had an eye to this in
<i>planting the cedars of Lebanon,</i> that they might be
receptacles for the birds. Those that fly heavenward shall not want
resting-places. <i>The stork</i> is particularly mentioned; <i>the
fir-trees,</i> which are very high, <i>are her house,</i> her
castle. 2. The smaller sort of beasts (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p14.5" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.18" parsed="|Ps|104|18|0|0" passage="Ps 104:18"><i>v.</i> 18</scripRef>): <i>The wild goats,</i> having
neither strength nor swiftness to secure themselves, are guided by
instinct to <i>the high hills,</i> which are a refuge to them; and
<i>the rabbits,</i> which are also helpless animals, find shelter
in <i>the rocks,</i> where they can set the beasts of prey at
defiance. Does God provide thus for the inferior creatures; and
will he not himself be a refuge and dwelling-place to his own
people?</p>
</div><scripCom id="Ps.cv-p14.6" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.19-Ps.104.30" parsed="|Ps|104|19|104|30" passage="Ps 104:19-30" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Ps.104.19-Ps.104.30">
<h4 id="Ps.cv-p14.7">The Divine Bounty.</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Ps.cv-p15">19 He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun
knoweth his going down.   20 Thou makest darkness, and it is
night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep <i>forth.</i>
  21 The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their
meat from God.   22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves
together, and lay them down in their dens.   23 Man goeth
forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.   24
<span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p15.1">O Lord</span>, how manifold are thy works!
in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  25 <i>So is</i> this great and wide sea, wherein <i>are</i>
things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.   26
There go the ships: <i>there is</i> that leviathan, <i>whom</i>
thou hast made to play therein.   27 These wait all upon thee;
that thou mayest give <i>them</i> their meat in due season.  
28 <i>That</i> thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine
hand, they are filled with good.   29 Thou hidest thy face,
they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and
return to their dust.   30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they
are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p16">We are here taught to praise and magnify
God,</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p17">I. For the constant revolutions and
succession of day and night, and the dominion of sun and moon over
them. The heathen were so affected with the light and influence of
the sun and moon, and their serviceableness to the earth, that they
worshipped them as deities; and therefore the scripture takes all
occasions to show that the gods they worshipped are the creatures
and servants of the true God (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p17.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.19" parsed="|Ps|104|19|0|0" passage="Ps 104:19"><i>v.</i> 19</scripRef>): <i>He appointed the moon for
seasons,</i> for the measuring of the months, the directing of the
seasons for the business of the husbandman, and the governing of
the tides. The full and change, the increase and decrease, of the
moon, exactly observe the appointment of the Creator; so does the
sun, for he keeps as punctually to the time and place of his going
down as if he were an intellectual being and knew what he did. God
herein consults the comfort of man. 1. The shadows of the evening
befriend the repose of the night (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p17.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.20" parsed="|Ps|104|20|0|0" passage="Ps 104:20"><i>v.</i> 20</scripRef>): <i>Thou makes darkness and it
is night,</i> which, though black, contributes to the beauty of
nature, and is as a foil to the light of the day; and under the
protection of the night <i>all the beasts of the forest creep
forth</i> to feed, which they are afraid to do in the day, God
having put the <i>fear</i> and <i>dread of man upon every beast of
the earth</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p17.3" osisRef="Bible:Gen.9.2" parsed="|Gen|9|2|0|0" passage="Ge 9:2">Gen. ix. 2</scripRef>),
which contributes as much to man's safety as to his honour. See how
nearly allied those are to the disposition of the wild beasts who
<i>wait for the twilight</i> (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p17.4" osisRef="Bible:Job.24.15" parsed="|Job|24|15|0|0" passage="Job 24:15">Job
xxiv. 15</scripRef>) and have fellowship with the unfruitful works
of darkness; and compare to this the danger of ignorance and
melancholy, which are both as darkness to the soul; when, in either
of those ways, <i>it is night,</i> then <i>all the beasts of the
forest creep forth.</i> Satan's temptations then assault us and
have advantage against us. Then the <i>young lions roar after their
prey;</i> and, as naturalists tell us, their roaring terrifies the
timorous beasts so that they have not strength nor spirit to escape
from them, which otherwise they might do, and so they become an
easy prey to them. They are said to <i>seek their meat from
God,</i> because it is not prepared for them by the care and
forecast of man, but more immediately by the providence of God. The
roaring of the young lions, like the crying of the young ravens, is
interpreted <i>asking their meat of God.</i> Does God put this
construction upon the language of mere nature, even in venomous
creatures? and shall he not much more interpret favourably the
language of grace in his own people, though it be weak and broken,
<i>groanings which cannot be uttered?</i> 2. The light of the
morning befriends the business of the day (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p17.5" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.22-Ps.104.23" parsed="|Ps|104|22|104|23" passage="Ps 104:22,23"><i>v.</i> 22, 23</scripRef>): <i>The sun arises</i>
(for, as he <i>knows his going down,</i> so, thanks be to God, he
knows his rising again), and then the wild beasts betake themselves
to their rest; even they have some society among them, for they
<i>gather themselves together</i> and <i>lay down in their
dens,</i> which is a great mercy to the children of men, that while
they are abroad, as becomes honest travellers, between sun and sun,
care is taken that they shall not be set upon by wild beasts, for
they are then drawn out of the field, and the sluggard shall have
no ground to excuse himself from the business of the day with this,
That there is <i>a lion in the way.</i> Therefore then <i>man goes
forth to his work and to his labour.</i> The beasts of prey creep
forth with fear; man goes forth with boldness, as one that has
dominion. The beasts creep forth to spoil and do mischief; man goes
forth to work and do good. There is the work of every day, which is
to be done in its day, which man must apply to every morning (for
the lights are set up for us to work by, not to play by) and which
he must stick to till evening; it will be time enough to rest when
the night comes, in which <i>no man can work.</i></p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p18">II. For the replenishing of the ocean
(<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p18.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.25-Ps.104.26" parsed="|Ps|104|25|104|26" passage="Ps 104:25,26"><i>v.</i> 25, 26</scripRef>): As
<i>the earth is full of God's riches,</i> well stocked with
animals, and those well provided for, so that it is seldom that any
creature dies merely for want of food, <i>so is this great and wide
sea</i> which seems a useless part of the globe, at least not to
answer the room it takes up; yet God has appointed it its place and
made it serviceable to man both for navigation (<i>there go the
ships,</i> in which goods are conveyed, to countries vastly
distant, speedily and much more cheaply than by land-carriage) and
also to be his storehouse for fish. God made not the sea in vain,
any more than the earth; he <i>made it to be inherited,</i> for
<i>there are things swimming innumerable, both small and great
animals,</i> which serve for man's dainty food. The whale is
particularly mentioned in the history of the creation (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p18.2" osisRef="Bible:Gen.1.21" parsed="|Gen|1|21|0|0" passage="Ge 1:21">Gen. i. 21</scripRef>) and is here called the
<i>leviathan,</i> as <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p18.3" osisRef="Bible:Job.41.1" parsed="|Job|41|1|0|0" passage="Job 41:1">Job xli.
1</scripRef>. He is made to <i>play in the sea;</i> he has nothing
to do, as man has, who <i>goes forth to his work;</i> he has
nothing to fear, as the beasts have, that lie down in their dens;
and therefore he plays with the waters. It is a pity that any of
the children of men, who have nobler powers and were made for
nobler purposes, should live as if they were sent into the world,
like leviathan into the waters, to play therein, spending all their
time in pastime. The leviathan is said to <i>play in the
waters,</i> because he is so well armed against all assaults that
he sets them at defiance and <i>laughs at the shaking of a
spear,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p18.4" osisRef="Bible:Job.41.29" parsed="|Job|41|29|0|0" passage="Job 41:29">Job xli.
29</scripRef>.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p19">III. For the seasonable and plentiful
provision which is made for all the creatures, <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p19.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.27-Ps.104.28" parsed="|Ps|104|27|104|28" passage="Ps 104:27,28"><i>v.</i> 27, 28</scripRef>. 1. God is a bountiful
benefactor to them: He <i>gives them their meat;</i> he <i>opens
his hand and they are filled with good.</i> He supports the armies
both of heaven and earth. Even the meanest creatures are not below
his cognizance. He is open-handed in the gifts of his bounty, and
is a great and good housekeeper that provides for so large a
family. 2. They are patient expectants from him: They <i>all wait
upon him.</i> They seek their food, according to the natural
instinct God has put into them and in the proper season for it, and
affect not any other food, or at any other time, than nature has
ordained. They do their part for the obtaining of it: what God
gives them <i>they gather,</i> and expect not that Providence
should put it into their mouths; and what they gather they are
satisfied with—<i>they are filled with good.</i> They desire no
more than what God sees fit for them, which may shame our
murmurings, and discontent, and dissatisfaction with our lot.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p20">IV. For the absolute power and sovereign
dominion which he has over all the creatures, by which every
species is still continued, though the individuals of each are
daily dying and dropping off. See here, 1. All the creatures
perishing (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p20.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.29" parsed="|Ps|104|29|0|0" passage="Ps 104:29"><i>v.</i> 29</scripRef>):
<i>Thou hidest thy face,</i> withdrawest thy supporting power, thy
supplying bounty, and <i>they are troubled</i> immediately. Every
creature has as necessary a dependence upon God's favours as every
saint is sensible he has and therefore says with David (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p20.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.30.7" parsed="|Ps|30|7|0|0" passage="Ps 30:7">Ps. xxx. 7</scripRef>), <i>Thou didst hide thy
face and I was troubled.</i> God's displeasure against this lower
world for the sin of man is the cause of all the vanity and burden
which the whole creation groans under. <i>Thou takest away their
breath,</i> which is in thy hand, and then, and not till then,
<i>they die and return to their dust,</i> to their first
principles. The <i>spirit of the beast, which goes downward,</i> is
at God's command, as well as <i>the spirit of a man, which goes
upward.</i> The death of cattle was one of the plagues of Egypt,
and is particularly taken notice of in the drowning of the world.
2. All preserved notwithstanding, in a succession (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p20.3" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.30" parsed="|Ps|104|30|0|0" passage="Ps 104:30"><i>v.</i> 30</scripRef>): <i>Thou sendest forth
thy spirit, they are created.</i> The same spirit (that is, the
same divine will and power) by which they were all created at first
still preserves the several sorts of creatures in their being, and
place, and usefulness; so that, though one generation of them
passes away, another comes, and from time to time they are created;
new ones rise up instead of the old ones, and this is a continual
creation. Thus the <i>face of the earth is renewed</i> from day to
day by the light of the sun (which beautifies it anew every
morning), from year to year by the products of it, which enrich it
anew every spring and put quite another face upon it from what it
had all winter. The world is as full of creatures as if none died,
for the place of those that die is filled up. This (the Jews say)
is to be applied to the resurrection, which every spring is an
emblem of, when a new world rises out of the ashes of the old
one.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p21">In the midst of this discourse the psalmist
breaks out into wonder at the works of God (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p21.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.24" parsed="|Ps|104|24|0|0" passage="Ps 104:24"><i>v.</i> 24</scripRef>): <i>O Lord! how manifold are
thy works!</i> They are numerous, they are various, of many kinds,
and many of every kind; and yet <i>in wisdom hast thou made them
all.</i> When men undertake many works, and of different kinds,
commonly some of them are neglected and not done with due care; but
God's works, though many and of very different kinds, are all made
in wisdom and with the greatest exactness; there is not the least
flaw nor defect in them. The works of art, the more closely they
are looked upon with the help of microscopes, the more rough they
appear; the works of nature through these glasses appear more fine
and exact. They are all made in wisdom, for they are all made to
answer the end they were designed to serve, the good of the
universe, in order to the glory of the universal Monarch.</p>
</div><scripCom id="Ps.cv-p21.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.31-Ps.104.35" parsed="|Ps|104|31|104|35" passage="Ps 104:31-35" type="Commentary"/><div class="Commentary" id="Bible:Ps.104.31-Ps.104.35">
<h4 id="Ps.cv-p21.3">The Divine Bounty.</h4>
<p class="passage" id="Ps.cv-p22">31 The glory of the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.1">Lord</span> shall endure for ever: the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.2">Lord</span> shall rejoice in his works.   32 He
looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and
they smoke.   33 I will sing unto the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.3">Lord</span> as long as I live: I will sing praise to my
God while I have my being.   34 My meditation of him shall be
sweet: I will be glad in the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.4">Lord</span>.
  35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the
wicked be no more. Bless thou the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.5">Lord</span>, O my soul. Praise ye the <span class="smallcaps" id="Ps.cv-p22.6">Lord</span>.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p23">The psalmist concludes this meditation with
speaking,</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p24">I. Praise to God, which is chiefly intended
in the psalm.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p25">1. He is to be praised, (1.) As a great
God, and a God of matchless perfection: <i>The glory of the Lord
shall endure for ever,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p25.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.31" parsed="|Ps|104|31|0|0" passage="Ps 104:31"><i>v.</i>
31</scripRef>. It shall endure to the end of time in his works of
creation and providence; it shall endure to eternity in the
felicity and adorations of saints and angels. Man's glory is
fading; God's glory is everlasting. Creatures change, but with the
Creator there is no variableness. (2.) As a gracious God: <i>The
Lord shall rejoice in his works.</i> He continues that complacency
in the products of his own wisdom and goodness which he had when he
<i>saw every thing that he had made, and behold it was very
good,</i> and <i>rested the seventh day.</i> We often do that
which, upon the review, we cannot rejoice in, but are displeased
at, and wish undone again, blaming our own management. But God
always <i>rejoices in his works,</i> because they are all done in
wisdom. We regret our bounty and beneficence, but God never does;
he rejoices in the works of his grace: his <i>gifts and
callings</i> are <i>without repentance.</i> (3.) As a God of
almighty power (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p25.2" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.32" parsed="|Ps|104|32|0|0" passage="Ps 104:32"><i>v.</i>
32</scripRef>): <i>He looks on the earth, and it trembles,</i> as
unable to bear his frowns—trembles, as Sinai did, <i>at the
presence of the Lord. He touches the hills, and they smoke.</i> The
volcanoes, or burning mountains, such as Ætna, are emblems of the
power of God's wrath fastening upon proud unhumbled sinners. If an
angry look and a touch have such effects, what will the weight of
his heavy hand do and the operations of his outstretched arm?
<i>Who knows the power of his anger?</i> Who then dares set it at
defiance? God rejoices in his works because they are all so
observant of him; and he will in like manner <i>take pleasure in
those that fear him and that tremble at his word.</i></p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p26">2. The psalmist will himself be much in
praising him (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p26.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.33" parsed="|Ps|104|33|0|0" passage="Ps 104:33"><i>v.</i>
33</scripRef>): "<i>I will sing unto the Lord, unto my God,</i>
will praise him as Jehovah, the Creator, and as <i>my God,</i> a
God in covenant with me, and this not now only, but <i>as long as I
live,</i> and <i>while I have my being.</i>" Because we have our
being from God, and depend upon him for the support and continuance
of it, as long as we live and have our being we must continue to
praise God; and when we have no life, no being, on earth, we hope
to have a better life and better being in a better world and there
to be doing this work in a better manner and in better company.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p27">II. Joy to himself (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p27.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.34" parsed="|Ps|104|34|0|0" passage="Ps 104:34"><i>v.</i> 34</scripRef>): <i>My meditation of him shall
be sweet;</i> it shall be fixed and close; it shall be affecting
and influencing; and therefore it shall be sweet. Thoughts of God
will <i>then</i> be most pleasing, when they are most powerful.
Note, Divine meditation is a very sweet duty to all that are
sanctified: "<i>I will be glad in the Lord;</i> it shall be a
pleasure to me to praise him; I will be glad of all opportunities
to set forth his glory; and I will <i>rejoice in the Lord
always</i> and in him only." All my joys shall centre in him, and
in him they shall be full.</p>
<p class="indent" id="Ps.cv-p28">III. Terror to the wicked (<scripRef id="Ps.cv-p28.1" osisRef="Bible:Ps.104.35" parsed="|Ps|104|35|0|0" passage="Ps 104:35"><i>v.</i> 35</scripRef>): <i>Let the sinners be
consumed out of the earth; and let the wicked be no more.</i> 1.
Those that oppose the God of power, and fight against him, will
certainly be consumed; none can prosper that harden themselves
against the Almighty. 2. Those that rebel against the light of such
convincing evidence of God's being, and refuse to serve him whom
all the creatures serve, will justly be consumed. Those that make
that earth to groan under the burden of their impieties which God
thus fills with his riches deserve to be consumed out of it, and
that it should spue them out. 3. Those that heartily desire to
praise God themselves cannot but have a holy indignation at those
that blaspheme and dishonour him, and a holy satisfaction in the
prospect of their destruction and the honour that God will get to
himself upon them. Even this ought to be the matter of their
praise: "While <i>sinners</i> are <i>consumed out of the earth,</i>
let <i>my soul bless the Lord</i> that I am not cast away with the
workers of iniquity, but distinguished from them by the special
grace of God. When <i>the wicked</i> are <i>no more</i> I hope to
be praising God world without end; and therefore, <i>Praise you the
Lord;</i> let all about me join with me in praising God.
<i>Hallelujah;</i> sing praise to Jehovah." This is the first time
that we meet with <i>Hallelujah;</i> and it comes in here upon
occasion of the destruction of the wicked; and the last time we
meet with it is upon a similar occasion. When the New-Testament
Babylon is consumed, this is the burden of the song,
<i>Hallelujah,</i> <scripRef id="Ps.cv-p28.2" osisRef="Bible:Rev.19.1 Bible:Rev.19.3 Bible:Rev.19.4 Bible:Rev.19.6" parsed="|Rev|19|1|0|0;|Rev|19|3|0|0;|Rev|19|4|0|0;|Rev|19|6|0|0" passage="Re 19:1,3,4,6">Rev. xix. 1,
3, 4, 6</scripRef>.</p>
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