Psalm 104 - Bless the Lord for Wisdom in His creation

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The economy of food dependent on God (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#14" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 14-15</A>)</div> <div> 5. The economy of dwelling places provided by God (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#16" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 16-18</A>)</div> <div> 6. The economy of sunlight and darkness (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#19" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 19-24</A>)</div> <div> 7. The sea (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 25-26</A>)</div> <div> 8. Summary: All dependent upon and cared for by God (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#27" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 27-30</A>)</div> <div> 9. Praise the Lord as long as I live (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#31" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">vv 31-34</A>)</div> <div> 10. Prayer for God to clean up the earth (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#35" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v35</A>)</div> <bR> <div> Whether you look at the heavens, the mountains, the streams and rivers, the creatures or the ocean, everything created by God is beautiful and testifies that there is one Creator who is marvelous!</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v1</A> - LXX, DSS and Aquila have heading: "Through David".  MT has no heading.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="n3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="n4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v</A><A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">4</A>-<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>Quoted in Hebrews 1:7  (AV) And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.</div> <div> The angels are nothing to be compared to God or Christ. In Christ, we share Christ's place as God's begotten sons, a place much higher than the angels.</div> <div>  <A NAME="n5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v5</A> - "fore'er" is literally "forever and ever"</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#6" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v6</A> -  Does this refer to the flood in <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#gen1_2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Gen 1:2,9-10</A>, when the earth was covered with water, or does it refer to Noah's flood? Almost every expositor that I have checked (Spurgeon, Leupold, Goldingay, Rashi, Barnes, Keil & Delitzsch, etc.) refers this to Gen 1, yet  they give no reason. Jamieson Fausset Brown is the only one I have found to refer this to Noah's flood.</div> <bR> <div> Surely this refers to Noah's flood because <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v9</A> says that the oceans would never flood the earth again. This is what God promised at Noah's flood (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#gen9_8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Gen 9:11</A>), but not in Gen 1, because the oceans did flood the earth again after Gen 1. "Waters stood above the mountains" corresponds to Noah's flood also (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#gen7_20" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Gen 7:20; 8:5</A>), but not to the waters in Gen 1.</div> <bR> <div> It seems odd to speak about Noah's flood when talking about the beauty of God's creation. However, whenever I see natural wonders such as Yosemite, the Petrified Forest, the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls, I think about Noah's flood and how it caused these wonders. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v7</A> -  After Noah's flood, the waters hasted away. The speed with which they retreated carved the great and beautiful canyons.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v8</A> - After Noah's flood, the mountains rose much <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="n9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></FONT>higher, and the ocean beds sunk much deeper.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><B> <A NAME="n10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v10</A> - Before Noah's flood God had a different system for watering the earth (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#gen2_5" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Gen 2:5-6</A>). After the flood, God ordained the higher mountains to condense the water vapor.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" ><B> <A NAME="n12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></FONT></div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#22" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v22</A> - "go away" is literally "gather together".</div> <div>  <A NAME="v29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#29" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v29-30</A> - I think this refers to the whole creation passing and a new creation created by God, because God sends forth His Spirit to create. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n32"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#32" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v32</A> - This psalm of how wonderful is God's creation tells us at the end that this creation will be destroyed (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#heb1_10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Heb 1:10-12</A>). We should not set our hearts on it. We are sojourners here awaiting the kingdom of God.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="n34"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#34" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v34</A> - the ending "HIm" is literally "the LORD".</div> <div>  <A NAME="v35"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#35" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">v35 </A>- David's concluding and only prayer in this wonderful psalm is for the sinners and wicked to be no more. That is what is marring this beautiful earth. </div> <div> I believe that very few wicked will be punished forever and ever as in <A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#rev14_11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Rev 14:11; 20:10</A>. </div> <div> All will be rewarded according to their works and then "be no more". </div> <div> If the wicked will all be punished eternally, then David should have prayed that. </div> <div> Rather David prays according to God's will that the wicked be no more. (<A HREF="psalm_104_m.htm#ps37_10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">Ps 37:10,38; 59:13; 68:2; 73:27</A>)</div> <bR> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 7/9/2011</div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 104 through David</B></div> <bR> <div> Tune: <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/173" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/173">#173 Thou</A><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/173" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/173"> art fairer than the morning</A> (8.7.8.7. 8.9.8.7.)</div> <div> <I> <embed src="HTMLobj-699/e0173thouArtFairerThanTheMorning.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </I></div> <div> music file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >1</FONT> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">1</A> Bless <I>now </I>the LORD, O <I>ye </I>my soul. </div> <div> LORD my God, thou art so great.</div> <div> You have clothed Yourself  with honor</div> <div> and with majesty <I>and praise</I>. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 2 Clothed with light as with a garment,</div> <div>  Who stretches, <I>stretches </I>out<I> </I>the heavens </div> <div> like a curtain <I>over the earth,</I></div> <div> <I>o'er all the earth like a tent</I>.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >2 </FONT>3 Who lays the beams of his chambers </div> <div> in the waters <I>in heaven</I>,</div> <div> Who maketh the clouds His chariot,</div> <div> Who walks on wings of the wind.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">4</A>  Who maketh His angels spirits; </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I>His servants,<I> they are</I> a flaming fire;</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">5 </A> Who has laid the earth's foundations,</div> <div>  that it won't be moved fore'er. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >3 </FONT><A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">6</A> You covered the earth <I>with water</I></div> <div> as a garment with the deep.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I>Waters stood above the mountains. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">7</A> At Thy rebuke they did flee.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> From the voice of Your thundering</div> <div> they made haste, <I>hasted</I> to flee away. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">8</A> Mountains rose, and the valleys sank</div> <div>  to where You ordained their place.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >4 </FONT>9 You set a bound they'll not pass o'er</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I>ne'er to flood the earth again.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">10</A> He sends springs into the valleys.</div> <div> They go between the mountains.</div> <div>  <A NAME="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 11 They give drink to every creature.</div> <div> The wild donkeys <I>here </I>do quench their thirst. </div> <div> 12 O'er them shall the fowls of heaven </div> <div> build their nests <I>in the forest</I>,</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >5 </FONT><I>which </I>sing from among the branches. </div> <div> 13  Hills watered from His chambers. </div> <div> The earth is satisfied with them,</div> <div> with the fruits of Your labor. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="14"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 14  He makes grass to grow for cattle,</div> <div>  and <I>the </I>herb for <I>the </I>service of man</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="15"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I> to bring forth food out of the earth.</div> <div> 15  Wine makes glad the heart of man.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="16"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >6 </FONT>Oil to make <I>the </I>face to shine <I>forth</I>, </div> <div> Bread makes strong the heart of man. </div> <div> 16  The trees of the LORD do flourish,</div> <div> the cedars of Lebanon,</div> <bR> <div> <I>the cedars</I> which He has planted</div> <div> 17  where the birds are building up their nests.</div> <div> Stork makes house among the fir trees.</div> <div> 18  High hills are for <I>the </I>wild goats.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 7 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Rocks are refuge for the badgers. </FONT></div> <div> 19 He made the moon to tell times.</div> <div> The sun knows his route to go down. </div> <div> 20  You set darkness, and it's night,</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="22"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <I> </I>wherein all wild beasts creep <I>around,</I></div> <div> 21  young lions roaring after their prey, </div> <div> and they seek their food from <I>the </I>God. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n22" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">22</A>  At sunrise they go away,</div> <bR> <div> 8 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >and they lay them down in their dens. </FONT></div> <div> 23  Man goes forth unto his work,</div> <div> to his labour until evening. </div> <div> 24  LORD, how manifold thy works!</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div>  In wisdom hast Thou made them all: </div> <div> Earth is full of that which You have bought.</div> <div> 25  <I>So is</I> this sea great and spacious, </div> <div> teeming with creatures countless,</div> <bR> <div> 9<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > living creatures, small with the great.</FONT></div> <div> 26  There the ships are traveling.</div> <div> <I>There is t</I>hat <I>great </I>leviathan, </div> <div> whom You formed to play therein. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="27"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 27  These are all waiting upon Thee</div> <div> that their food, <I>their food </I>You may give them,</div> <div> <I>which You give them</I> in due season. </div> <div> 28  You give <I>and </I>they gather <I>them</I>.</div> <div>  <A NAME="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >10 </FONT>You open Your  hand <I>upon them</I>.</div> <div> Satisfied with good are they. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v29" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">29</A><A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v29" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "> </A> You hide Your face, they are troubled.</div> <div> Their breath Thou takest away,</div> <bR> <div> they die, and return to their dust. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v29" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">30</A>  Thou sendest, <I>sendest </I>forth Thy Spirit. </div> <div> They're created, and You make new</div> <div> the surface of <I>all </I>the earth. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="31"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 11 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >31 The Lord's glory, it shall endure,</FONT></div> <div> <I>endure </I>evermore fore're.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="32"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I>The LORD shall rejoice in His works. </div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n32" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">32 </A> He looks and trembles the earth.</div> <bR> <div> He touches the hills, and they smoke. </div> <div> 33  Unto the LORD, <I>to Him</I> I will sing </div> <div> for as long as I am living.</div> <div> Psalms to my God I will sing.</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="34"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> 12 <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >as long as I have my being. </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n34" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">34</A>  My meditation of Him, </div> <div> unto Him shall be a pleasure,</div> <div> <I>and </I>I will be glad in Him. </div> <div> <I> <A NAME="35"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v35" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in ">35 </A>  Let the sinners be <I>all </I>consumed </div> <div> out of the earth, <I>gone forevermore</I>, </div> <div> and let the wicked be no more. </div> <div> O my soul, bless thou the LORD.</div> <bR> <div> Hallelujah!</div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="gen1_2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Genesis 1:2</B></A>  And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.</div> <div> ...</div> <div> 9  And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.</div> <div> 10  And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.</div> <div>  <A NAME="gen2_5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Genesis 2:5</B></A>  No shrub of the field had yet /grown/ on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground.</div> <div> 6  But water would come out of the ground and water the entire surface of the land.</div> <div>  <A NAME="gen9_8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Genesis 9:8</B></A>  And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,</div> <div> 9  And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;</div> <div> 10  And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.</div> <div> 11  And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.</div> <div> 12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:</div> <div> 13  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.</div> <div> 14  And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:</div> <div> 15  And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.</div> <div> 16  And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.</div> <div> 17  And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.</div> <div>  <A NAME="gen7_20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n6" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Genesis 7:20</B></A>  Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.</div> <div>  8:5  And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.</div> <div>  <A NAME="heb1_10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#n32" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Hebrews 1:10</B></A>  And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:</div> <div> 11  They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;</div> <div> 12  And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.</div> <div>  <A NAME="rev14_11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v35" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Revelation 14:11</B></A> And the smoke of their torment goes up to ages of ages, and they have no respite day and night who do homage to the beast and to its image, and if any one receive the mark of its name. </div> <div> 20:10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are both the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for the ages of ages.</div> <div>   <A NAME="ps37_10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_104_l.htm#v35" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 104 Bless the Lord for Wisdom in "><B>Psalm 37:10</B></A> For yet a little while, and the wicked is not; and thou considerest his place, but he is not.  </div> <div> <B>38</B> but the transgressors shall be destroyed together; the future of the wicked shall be cut off.  </div> <div> <B>59:13</B> Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah.  </div> <div> <B>68:2</B> As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.  </div> <div> <B>73:27</B> For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee.  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> -copyright Steve Miller 7/9/2011</div> </td> </tr></table></body>