Psalms 104:14

“They shall still bring forth fruit in old age, etc.] Being thus planted and watered, they shall not only bring forth the fruits of righteousness, but shall continue, and go on to do so, and even when they are grown old; contrary to all other trees, which, when old, cease bearing fruit; but so do not the righteous; grace is often in the greatest vigour when nature is decayed; witness Abraham, Job, David, Zachariah, and Elisabeth, and good old Simeon, who went to the grave like shocks of corn, fully ripe: they shall be fat and flourishing; or “green”, full of sap and moisture, abound with green leaves and precious fruit; or, in other words, abound in grace, and be fruitful in every good work:…”

“He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle - Out of the earth there is caused to grow every variety of food necessary for the various orders of beings that are placed upon it. The idea here is not merely that of “abundance;” it is also that of “variety:” the needs and tastes of all have been consulted in the productions of the earth. The one earth - the same earth - has been made to produce the endless varieties of food required for the creatures that have been placed on it. The word “grass” here refers to all the vegetable productions needful for cattle. And herb for the service of man - Genesis 1:29. The word “herb” here would include every green plant or vegetable; or all that the earth…”

“104:14 people to use: People are the managers of the created order, and they receive nourishment from the work of their hands.”

“causeth: Psa 145:15, Psa 145:16, Psa 147:8, Psa 147:9; Gen 1:11, Gen 1:12, Gen 1:29, Gen 2:5; Kg1 18:5; Jer 14:5, Jer 14:6; Joe 2:22 herb: Gen 1:29, Gen 2:9, Gen 3:18, Gen 9:3 that he: Psa 136:25; Gen 4:12; Job 28:5; Co1 3:7 Psalms 104:15”

“In the fourth decastich the poet goes further among the creatures of the field and of the forest. The subject to להוציא is מצמיח. The clause expressing the purpose, which twice begins with an infinitive, is continued in both instances, as in Isa 13:9, but with a change of subject (cf. e.g., Amo 1:11; Amo 2:4), in the finite verb. On what is said of wine we may compare Ecc 10:19, Sir. 40:20, and more especially Isaiah, who frequently mentions wine as a representative of all the natural sources of joy. The assertion that משּׁמן signifies "before oil = brighter than oil," is an error that is rightly combated by Bttcher in his Proben and two of his "Gleanings," (Note: Proben, i.e., Specimens of…”