What Does Psalms 104:29 Mean?

“Thou hidest”

to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

“thy face”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“they are troubled”

to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e., (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously

“thou takest away”

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

“their breath”

wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the

“they die”

to breathe out, i.e., (by implication) expire

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to their dust”

dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

“and return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);