Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest Thy face — they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit — they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28Thou dost give to them — they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand — they [are] satisfied [with] good.
30Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:17and Mine anger hath burned against it in that day, and I have forsaken them, and hidden My face from them, and it hath been for consumption, and many evils and distresses have found it, and it hath said in that day, Is it not because that my God is not in my midst — these evils have found me?
Job 13:24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Job 34:29And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, [It is] the same.
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
Ecclesiastes 12:7And the dust returneth to the earth as it was, And the spirit returneth to God who gave it.
Romans 8:20for to vanity was the creation made subject — not of its will, but because of Him who did subject [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 →