Psalm 104:1-35
104:1-2 Our God is composed of honor and majesty. He has chosen light and creation. Everything He is and everything He does is good; and He stretches His goodness across the earth and heavens.
104:3 All elements of earth and life and heavens are His creation, under His dominion. And with them: waters, clouds, winds, angels and fire, He weaves righteousness into the stream of life.
104:5-9 He designed and built the earth, our beautiful and self-sustaining planet. He surrounded it by the deep universe; He filled the oceans and life up mountains out of the earth. And there is no force that can shake off the plan and philosophy He has determined for it.
104:10-13 God has designed a world that, when appreciated properly, nourishes the life it hosts. The systems of winds and waters, the plants and sunlight... all of it contributes to God plan of life. All life, birds and trees and hills. All life is the fruit of God works.
104:14-15 Grasses for the animals, vegetation for humanity. Food from the earth for our bodies and food from God for our souls. The blood, the life's blood... symbolized by wine in scripture. The bread, the word of God. The oil, the anointing oil of God that makes us shine and thrive in righteousness.
104:16-18 A place on earth for every creature. A source of food for every life. With intelligent compassion God designed this world for all of His creations.
104:19-23 The moon for seasons, the sun for days. The darkness for night. The forests for the creatures. All seek their food from the design and Hand of God. We all have our places and our work here under the dominion of God.
104:24-26 Made with wisdom, God owns all of His incredible creations. The animals and ships in the seas. Living things large and small. He has created earth for all of it, all of us.
104:27-30 All of the life on earth depend on God for sustenance. The planet does not provide food because of anything we do or any coaxing on our part. With the wisdom of His science, God has enabled us to be filled. Our planet blooms and thrives with life; our bodies are built and maintained by its elements, all of which we designed. With His spirit He created and with His spirit He will renew.
104:31-32 The glory of our God endues forever. We rejoice in His beautiful works. The earth recognizes even just the gaze of its creator. The hand of God is in every detail of the earth. He arrayed the earth with beauty and compassion and provision.
104:33-35 So like the psalmist, we make a commitment to praise God throughout our lives. While we have life and ability we choose to use our lives to honor His name. We meditate on what He teaches us; and we find comfort in the fact that the earth will not always host the wicked. God will remove and destroy evil. Therefore bless the Lord, O my soul!
