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Psalm 104 recapitulates the creation, or you could call it a third creation story.
While the first creation story in Genesis divides the creation into days, there are no days here. The second creation story tells us bout Adam and Eve. There is no Garden of Eden, no Adam and Eve, and no expulsion from paradise here. The first creation story tells us that people are made in the image of God and the second creation story tells of God breathing the breath of life into Adam. Neither idea is found in Psalm 104.
As in Genesis, the Lord creates the heavens and the earth.
2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
Psalm 104: 2-3 NIV
5 He set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.
Psalm 104: 5 NIV
Psalm 104 agrees with Genesis that one function of heavenly bodies is to mark time and seasons, as in Genesis 1:14.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.
Psalm 104: 19 NIV
In a view similar to the second creation story, God provides for His creation.
10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.
Psalm 104: 10-12 NIV
The Psalmist gives God credit for the cedars of Lebanon.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth food from the earth:
15 wine that gladdens human hearts,
oil to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustains their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Pslam 104: 14-16 NIV
Also,
21 The lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
Psalm 104:24 NIV
Psalm 104 gives us a God who is Provider and Sustainer, a God who is involved in His creation.
While the first creation story in Genesis divides the creation into days, there are no days here. The second creation story tells us bout Adam and Eve. There is no Garden of Eden, no Adam and Eve, and no expulsion from paradise here. The first creation story tells us that people are made in the image of God and the second creation story tells of God breathing the breath of life into Adam. Neither idea is found in Psalm 104.
As in Genesis, the Lord creates the heavens and the earth.
2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment;
he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters.
Psalm 104: 2-3 NIV
5 He set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.
Psalm 104: 5 NIV
Psalm 104 agrees with Genesis that one function of heavenly bodies is to mark time and seasons, as in Genesis 1:14.
19 He made the moon to mark the seasons,
and the sun knows when to go down.
Psalm 104: 19 NIV
In a view similar to the second creation story, God provides for His creation.
10 He makes springs pour water into the ravines;
it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water to all the beasts of the field;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky nest by the waters;
they sing among the branches.
Psalm 104: 10-12 NIV
The Psalmist gives God credit for the cedars of Lebanon.
14 He makes grass grow for the cattle,
and plants for people to cultivate—
bringing forth food from the earth:
15 wine that gladdens human hearts,
oil to make their faces shine,
and bread that sustains their hearts.
16 The trees of the Lord are well watered,
the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Pslam 104: 14-16 NIV
Also,
21 The lions roar for their prey
and seek their food from God.
Psalm 104:24 NIV
Psalm 104 gives us a God who is Provider and Sustainer, a God who is involved in His creation.
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