Message Notes

SSS 4
Book 4
Psalms 90-106
28 January 2024

PSALM 104

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honour and majesty,

2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

5 You who [b]laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.

7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.

9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.

10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.

13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works

14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,

15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock[d] badgers.

19 He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.

20 You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.

23 Man goes out to his work
And to his labour until the evening.

Psalm 104:1-23

Psalm 104

Part 1

BLESSING THE LORD FOR WHO HE IS

1 Bless the LORD, O my soul!
O LORD my God, You are very great:
You are clothed with honour and majesty,

2 Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment,
Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain.

Psalm 104:1-2

1. He is very great

2. He is clothed with honour and majesty

3. He is covered with Light as a garment

4. He is Almighty as Creator

BLESSING THE LORD WHO WHAT HE HAS DONE

3 He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters,
Who makes the clouds His chariot,
Who walks on the wings of the wind,

4 Who makes His angels spirits,
His ministers a flame of fire.

5 You who laid the foundations of the earth,
So that it should not be moved forever,

Psalm 104:3-5

1. He made the heavens

a) The upper chamber (firmament Genesis 1

b) The clouds (His chariot)

c) The winds

2. He also created

a) Mighty angels

b) They are powerful spirit beings

c) They are compared to flames of fire

3. He further created the earth

a) He laid its foundations

b) The waters stood before the mountains

VITAL GLIMPSES OF GOD’S CREATION OF THE EARTH I

6 You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.

7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.

8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.

9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.

10 He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.

11 They give drink to every beast of the field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Psalm 104:7-11

1. The Element of Water

a) It once stood above the mountains

b) God sent the water down into the valleys

2. God created boundaries for the Waters

a) They cannot cover the earth

b) They become springs in the valley

c) They give drink to all the animals

VITAL GLIMPSES OF GOD’S CREATION OF THE EARTH II

12 By them the birds of the heavens have their home;
They sing among the branches.

13 He waters the hills from His upper chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works

14 He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the earth,

15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,

17 Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.

18 The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.

Psalm 104:12-18

1. Plant Life

a) Hills

b) Vegetation

c) Grass

d) Trees

2. Animal Life

a) Birds

b) Storks

c) Wild Goats

d) Badgers

VITAL GLIMPSES OF GOD’S CREATION OF THE EARTH III

19 He appointed the moon for seasons;
The sun knows its going down.

20 You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest creep about.

21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.

22 When the sun rises, they gather together
And lie down in their dens.

23 Man goes out to his work
And to his labour until the evening.

Psalm 104:19-23

1. The celestial Sun and Moon

2. Seasons

3. Light and Darkness

4. Day and Night

5. Mankind