The psalm sums up the people's historical journey, and immersing ourselves in the centuries helps us understand the meaning of the people's relationship with God...
The psalm sums up the people's historical journey, and immersing ourselves in the centuries helps us understand the meaning of the people's relationship with God. Remembering days gone by, how the Lord revealed Himself to people, and the time of the Exodus from Egypt also helps us understand the meaning of events that happened quite recently or are happening now. But should we constantly turn our thoughts to the past when the world is always changing and new situations seem unlike the old ones? Are we replacing a fresh view of problems with stereotypes?
No, there can be no contradiction between reason and experience. The experience of the past often points precisely to the need for unconventional, unprecedented decisions. And that same experience allows us to discern, in the vague outline of something that seems new and attractive, yet another transformation of what has long been thoroughly familiar...
104 David in the foregoing psalm praises God for his love to his people; in this, for his works of creation and providence. He gives God the glory of his majesty in the upper world, Psa 104:1-4. The creation of the sea and dry land, Psa 104:5-9. The provision he makes for all the creatures, Psa 104:10-18. The regular course of the sun and moon, Psa 104:19-24. The furniture of the sea, Psa 104:25-26. God's care and sovereign power over all the creatures, Psa 104:27-32. Concludes with a resolution to continue praising God, Psa 104:33-35.
104:8 Go up - In that first division of the waters from the earth, part went upwards, and became springs in the mountains, the greatest part went downwards to the channels made for them.