New English Translation
Psalms 104:25
25Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.
Psalms 104:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
- New International Version (NIV)There is the sea, vast and spacious, teeming with creatures beyond number— living things both large and small.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Here is the sea, great and wide, which teems with creatures innumerable, living things both small and great.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This great and wide sea, In which are innumerable teeming things, Living things both small and great.
Context of Psalms 104:25
23Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening. 24How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made. Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large. 26The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. 27All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:25 word by word
זֶ֤ה׀ הַיָּ֥ם גָּדוֹל֮ וּרְחַ֪ב יָ֫דָ֥יִם שָֽׁם־רֶ֭מֶשׂ וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר חַיּ֥וֹת קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת עִם־גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:25
- Psalms 95:4The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
- Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
- Deuteronomy 33:14with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight;
- Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?”
- Acts 28:5However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25This great and wide sea - The original is very emphatic: ידים ורחב גדול הים זה zeh haiyam gadol urechab yadayim, "This very sea, great and extensive of hands." Its waters, like arms, encompassing all the terrene parts of the globe. I suppose the psalmist was within sight of the Mediterranean when he wrote these words.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25So is this great and wide sea - Our translation here does not quite express the beauty and the force of the original; “This sea! Great and broad of hands! There is the creeping thing - and there is no number; animals - the little with the great.” The reference here is, undoubtedly to the Mediterranean Sea, which not improbably was in sight when the psalm was composed - as it is in sight not only along the coast, but from many of the elevations in…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-30Verses 19-30 We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which cannot be uttered? There is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25teeming with creatures beyond number: The ocean is full of all kinds of life (see Genesis 1:20–21). This shows the Lord's creative work.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. From a view of the earth thus full of God's blessings, the writer passes to the sea, which, in its immensity, and as a scene and means of man's activity in commerce, and the home of countless multitudes of creatures, also displays divine power and beneficence. The mention ofRead the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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