Psalms 104:29
You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
World English Bible
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In Context
28You give to them; they gather. You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
Job 13:24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Psalms 90:3You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”
Ecclesiastes 12:7and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Romans 8:20For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, 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 →