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You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

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God's Continuous Creation

Commentators agree that this verse describes God's ongoing creative work. He doesn't just create once and leave it. By sending His life-giving power, He constantly brings forth new generations and renews the earth, as seen in the changing seasons. This reveals God as the active and constant sustainer of all life.

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Psalms

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Psalms 104:30

18th Century

Theologian

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created - That is, new generations are created in their place, or spring up as if they were…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Psalms 104:30

19th Century

Bishop

Spirit. —Rather, breath, as in Psalm 104:29. We must not here think of the later theological doctrine of the Holy Spirit.…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Psalm 104:29–30

19th Century

Preacher

When God takes away the life-giving light of the summer's sun, what multitudes of creatures die; and then, when the soft breath of spring blows upo…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Psalms 104:30

17th Century

Pastor

You send forth your Spirit, they are created
Your Holy Spirit, as the Targum, who was at first concerned in the crea…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Psalms 104:19–30

17th Century

Minister

We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those who wait for the twilight and have fellowship with…