Psalm 104: Beautiful Images of Earth
The glory of the firmament Genesis 1 and 2 are not the only creation passages in the Bible. Psalm 104 should stand on equal footing as a description of God's handiwork on Planet Earth. The astute reader will recognize a similarity between several verses in Psalm 104 and the first 4 days of Genesis (Ps. 104:2,3,6,19,20). In In the psalm, however, the creatures of the 5th and 6th days of Genesis 1 (marine life, birds, land animals, and humans) are sprinkled throughout without reference to a literal, linear timeline. Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, Who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of his upper chambers in the waters, Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes his angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. (vv. 1-4, from biblegateway.com, NKJV) God is seen, in beautiful poetic language, as intimat...