Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 104:25

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 104:25

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 104:25

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts." — Psalms 104:25 (ASV)

So is ...Better, There is the sea great and broad. For a moment the poet, “lost in wonder, love and praise,” has forgotten his model, the Mosaic account of creation. But suddenly, as his eye catches sight of the sea—we imagine him on some hilltop, commanding on the one hand the range of Lebanon, on the other the Mediterranean—the words recur to him, Let the waters bring forth abundantly, etc.

Creeping. —See Psalms 104:20. Perhaps here, “swarming.”