Psalms 104:29
If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
28They take what you give them; they are full of the good things which come from your open hand.
30If you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:17In that day my wrath will be moved against them, and I will be turned away from them, veiling my face from them, and destruction will overtake them, and unnumbered evils and troubles will come on them; so that in that day they will say, Have not these evils come on us because our God is not with us?
Job 13:24Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?
Job 34:29...
Psalms 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust goes back to the earth as it was, and the spirit goes back to God who gave it.
Romans 8:20For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:20-31
The Divine Bounty. 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 forth. 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 O Lord , how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.… Read the whole commentary →