King James Version
What Does Psalms 104:24 Mean?
“O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.”
Context
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
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
25
So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. made: Heb. formed
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **Riches.**—LXX., “creation;” Aquila, Symmachus, and the Vulg., “possession.” The MSS. vary between singular and plural. *Creatures *will perhaps. best express the sense here.
There is something as fine in art as true in religion in this sudden burst of praise—the “evening voluntary” of grateful adoration—into which the poet bursts at the mention of the day’s close. Weariness leaves the soul, as it is lifted from contemplation of man’s toil to that of God. Athanasius remarked on the sense of rest and refreshment produced by this change of strain.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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