Psalms 104 · Verse 30

Psalms 104:30

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
Psalms 104:30, King James Version

Psalms 104:30 in other translations

BSBWhen You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
WEBYou send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
ASVThou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.
YLTThou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.
DARBYThou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.
BBEIf you send out your spirit, they are given life; you make new the face of the earth.
WebsterThou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

What does Psalms 104:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:27-30

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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created - יבראון yibbareun, "They are created again." And thou renewest the face of the earth - Do not these words plainly imply a resurrection of the bodies which have died, been dissolved, or turned to dust? And is not the brute creation principally intended here? Is it not on this account it is said, Psa 104:31, "the glory of the Lord shall endure for ever, (לעולם leolam)," to be manifest in those times which are secret, when Jehovah himself shall rejoice in his works; when the brute creation shall be delivered from the bondage of its corruption? See the notes on Rom 8:19-23 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:19-30

We are to praise and magnify God for the constant succession of day and night. And see how those are like to the wild beasts, who wait for the twilight, and have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Does God listen to the language of mere nature, even in ravenous creatures, and shall he not much more interpret favourably the language of grace in his own people, though weak and broken groanings which…

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Psalms 104:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

תְּשַׁלַּ֣חte.sha.Lachyou send forthH7971
ר֭וּחֲךָRu.cha.khaspirit yourH7307
יִבָּרֵא֑וּןyi.ba.re.'Unthey are created !H1254
וּ֝תְחַדֵּ֗שׁu.te.cha.Deshand you may renewH2318
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440
אֲדָמָֽה\׃'a.da.Mah[the] groundH127

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 104:30

  • Job 33:4

    The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

  • Revelation 21:5

    And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

  • Isaiah 65:17

    For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

  • Ezekiel 37:9

    Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

  • Job 26:13

    By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

  • Psalms 33:6

    By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

  • Titus 3:5

    Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

  • Isaiah 66:22

    For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Lord, so shall your seed and your name remain.

  • Ephesians 2:4-5

    But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  • Ephesians 2:1

    And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

  • Isaiah 32:14-15

    Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.

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sendest.
33:6; Job 26:13; 33:4; Isa 32:14,15; Eze 37:9; Eph 2:1,4,5
Tit 3:5
renewest.
Isa 65:17; 66:22; Re 21:5

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Context

  • Psalms 104:29

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

  • Psalms 104:30

    Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

  • Psalms 104:31

    The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.

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Psalms 104:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Envías tu espíritu, críanse: y renuevas la haz de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu envoies ton esprit: ils sont créés, et tu renouvelles la face de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du sendest deinen Odem aus: sie werden erschaffen, und du erneuerst die Fläche des Erdbodens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Edidit terra eorum ranas in penetralibus regum ipsorum.