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Selected Verse: Psalms 104:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 104:7 |
King James |
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
At thy rebuke they fled - At thy command; or when thou didst speak to them. The Hebrew word also implies the notion of "rebuke," or "reproof," as if there were some displeasure or dissatisfaction. Pro 13:1; Pro 17:10; Ecc 7:5; Isa 30:17; Psa 76:6. It is "as if" God had been displeased that the waters prevented the appearing or the rising of the dry land, and had commanded them to "hasten" to their beds and channels, and no longer to cover the earth. The allusion is to Gen 1:9, and there is nowhere to be found a more sublime expression than this. Even the command, "And God said, Let there be light; and there was light," so much commended by Longinus as an instance of sublimity, does not surpass this in grandeur.
At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away - They fled in dismay. The Hebrew word - חפז châphaz - contains the idea of haste, trepidation, consternation, alarm, "as if" they were frightened; Psa 31:22. God spake in tones of thunder, and they fled. It is impossible to conceive anything more sublime than this. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rebuke - Upon thy command, Gen 1:9. Fled - They immediately went to the place which God had allotted them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
At thy rebuke they fled - When God separated the waters which were above the firmament from those below, and caused the dry land to appear. He commanded the separation to take place; and the waters, as if instinct with life, hastened to obey.
At the voice of thy thunder - It is very likely God employed the electric fluid as an agent in this separation. |
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
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.