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Psalms 104:25

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 104:25 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
Psalms 104:25 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 104

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
22The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.
23Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
24O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
25Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.
26There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to play therein.
27These wait all for thee, That thou mayest give them their food in due season.
28Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“So is this great and wide sea ... - Our translation here does not quite express the beauty and the force of the original; “This sea! Great and broad of hands! There is the creeping thing - and there is no number; animals - the little with the great.” The reference here is, undoubtedly to the Mediterranean Sea, which not improbably was in sight when the psalm was composed - as it is in sight not only along the coast, but from many of the elevations in Palestine. The phrase “wide of hands” applied to the sea, means that it seems to stretch out in all directions. Compare the notes at Isaiah 33:21. The “creeping things” refer to the variety of inhabitants of the deep that glide along as if they…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Creeping - This word is common to all creatures that move without feet. Psalms 104:26”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“104:25 The ocean, . . . teeming with life of every kind (see Gen 1:20-21), exemplifies the Lord’s creative activities.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“this great: Psa 95:4, Psa 95:5; Gen 1:20-22, Gen 1:28; Deu 33:14-16, Deu 33:19 beasts: Gen 3:1; Act 28:5 Psalms 104:26”
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