Psalms 104:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Psalms 104:29 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 12:7
Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Job 34:14-15
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; …
Psalms 146:4
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Acts 17:25
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Blessing Corruption Dead (people)Death Dying God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-30)

We are here taught to praise and magnify God, I. For the constant revolutions and succession of day and night, and the dominion of sun and moon over them. The heathen were so affected with the light and influence of the sun and moon, and their serviceableness to the earth, that they worshipped them as deities; and therefore the scripture takes all occasions to show that the gods they worshipped ar…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

27-30. The entire dependence of this immense family on God is set forth. With Him, to kill or make alive is equally easy. To hide His face is to withdraw favor (Psa 13:1). By His spirit, or breath, or mere word, He gives life. It is His constant providence which repairs the wastes of time and disease.