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Selected Verse: Psalms 104:7 - New American Standard Bible©
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 104:7 |
New American Standard Bible© |
At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away. |
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King James |
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| 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 As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You.
9 Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.
6 At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
17 One thousand will flee at the threat of one man; You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill.
5 It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools.
10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred blows into a fool.
1 A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
9 Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so.