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Pentecost Season · Day of Pentecost · Year B

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

God Renews the Face of the Earth

May 16, 2027

Rainy Season in the Tropics, Frederic Edwin Church
Rainy Season in the Tropics, Frederic Edwin Church, 1866Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Church painted this after the death of two of his children, from studies made in South America: a double rainbow over a gorge still running with rain.The psalm's creation is not a tidy one but a vast and watered world, and the rainbow is a promise set in weather rather than above it.Frederic Edwin ChurchThe leading American landscape painter of his generation (1826-1900), who travelled to South America and the Arctic for his subjects and exhibited single canvases as ticketed events.Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoThe city's two museums, the de Young and the Legion of Honor, holding American and European painting respectively.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelJohn 15:26-27; 16:4b-15Jn 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
EpistleRom. 8:22-27Rom 8:22-27 orActs 2:1-21
Old TestamentActs 2:1-21 orEzek. 37:1-14Ez 37:1-14
PsalterPs. 104:24-34, 35bPs 104:24-34, 35b

Overview & Insights

"When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground." (Psalm 104:30)

This hymn praises God as the Creator who sustains every living thing, giving and withdrawing breath. The lectionary selects the verses celebrating God's Spirit renewing creation, fitting the Pentecost theme.

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Commentary

Psalm 104:24-34, 35bPs 104:24-34, 35b Working Preacher

A Luther Seminary commentary on the psalm's praise of the Creator whose breath gives and renews all life.

Psalm 104:24-34, 35bPs 104:24-34, 35b Center for Excellence in Preaching

A Reformed commentary on the Spirit's everyday work in creation celebrated by Psalm 104.

Psalm 104Ps 104 Enduring Word · David Guzik

A verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the creation hymn and its call to bless the Lord.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 104 in Hebrew, with Jewish commentaryPs 104 in Hebrew, with Jewish commentary Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English translation and linked Jewish commentary for word-level study.

Psalm 104 interlinearPs 104 interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew text of Psalm 104 word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for study of ruach and God's renewing breath.

The Church Fathers

Psalm 104, patristic commentaryPs 104, patristic commentary Catena

A verse-linked catena of early church interpretation of Psalm 104.

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