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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 104
The Lord is clothed with honor and majesty—He maketh his angels
spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire—His providences provide for
all forms of life—His glory endures forever.
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1 BLESS the LORD, O my
soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art
aclothed with honour and majesty.
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2 Who coverest thyself with light as
with a garment: who astretchest out the
bheavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the
waters: who maketh the aclouds his chariot: who walketh
upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his aangels
spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as
with a garment: the awaters stood above the
mountains.
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7 At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by
the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for
thema.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass
over; that they turn not again to acover the earth.
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8a unto the place which thou hast founded
for them In this psalm it is clear that the Lord is over all, in
all and governeth all things. Speaking of the waters which the Lord had made
to cover the earth, even the tops of the mountains, here it states that they
are now placed exactly where the Lord had laid place for them. He controls
all things even the great oceans does he make the place where they are
'founded'. It reminds one of the argument placed in the Book of Mormon that
all things do witness that there is a God, there orderly design and behavior
witness his intelligent control over them that they do obey his mind, being
and will. Not in respect to the relationship between the Father and the Son
in all this one may consider the relationship between the arhitect and the
builder or the contractor and his assigned builders. Who doeth create the
earth? Is it not both Father and Son? The Father states that nothing that
was maade was not made but by that hand of his son. Certainly both are
involved, the Father the glories Celestial God of the Eternal Heavens and His
Son Jehovah, Jesus Christ, who does like us pertain unto this temporal estate
and thus he does minister unto it as the one, only and true Ministering God
who does so minister according to the mind and the will of the Father that the
Father's will is so done in all things by the hand of the Great God Jehovah.
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10 He sendeth the asprings
into the valleys, which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
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13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
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16 The atrees of the LORD
are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17 Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the
wild goats; and the rocks for the aconies.
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19 He appointed the amoon
bfor 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.
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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
ariches.
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25 So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
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28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy aface,
they are troubled: thou takest away their bbreath, they
die, and return to their cdust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
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34 My ameditation of him
shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the
earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.
aPraise ye the LORD.
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