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When you take away their breath, they die and turn again to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/104.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/104.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/104.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/104.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You hide Your face, they are terrified; You take away their breath, they perish And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/104.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou dost hide Thy face, they are dismayed; Thou dost take away their spirit, they expire, And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/104.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they breathe their last And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/104.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their breath, they die And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/104.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When you hide your face, they are terrified; when you take away their breath, they die and return to the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/104.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to the dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/104.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/104.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But when you turn away, they are terrified; when you end their life, they die and rot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/104.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/104.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You hide your face, and they are terrified. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/104.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When you turn away, they are afraid; when you take away your breath, they die and go back to the dust from which they came. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/104.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When you withdraw your favor, they are disappointed; Take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/104.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/104.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/104.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/104.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/104.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/104.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You hide Your face—they are troubled, "" You gather their spirit—they expire, "" And they return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/104.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou hidest Thy face -- they are troubled, Thou gatherest their spirit -- they expire, And unto their dust they turn back.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/104.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt hide thy face, they will tremble: thou wilt take away their spirit, they shall expire and turn back to dust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/104.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/104.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 103:29>But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/104.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you hide your face, they panic. Take away their breath, they perish and return to the dust. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/104.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/104.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath, they die and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/104.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You turn your face and they are disturbed; you take their spirit and they die and return to their dust.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/104.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, And return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/104.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But when thou hast turned away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou wilt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and return to their dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/104-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=12990" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/104.htm">How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: tas·tîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">When You hide</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">Your face,</a> <a href="/hebrew/926.htm" title="926: yib·bā·hê·lūn (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To disturb, terrify. A primitive root; to tremble inwardly, i.e. be alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously.">they are terrified;</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: tō·sêp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">when You take away</a> <a href="/hebrew/7307.htm" title="7307: rū·ḥām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Breath, wind, spirit. From ruwach; wind; by resemblance breath.">their breath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1478.htm" title="1478: yiḡ·wā·‘ūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- To expire, perish, die. A primitive root; to breathe out, i.e. expire.">they die</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yə·šū·ḇūn (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: Pn) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">and return</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm" title="6083: ‘ă·p̄ā·rām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Dry earth, dust. From aphar; dust; hence, clay, earth, mud.">dust.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a></span><br />Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-14.htm">Job 34:14-15</a></span><br />If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, / all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></span><br />before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></span><br />By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/12-10.htm">Job 12:10</a></span><br />The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-7.htm">Isaiah 40:7</a></span><br />The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-5.htm">Ezekiel 37:5-6</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life. / I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-5.htm">Isaiah 42:5</a></span><br />This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-4.htm">Job 33:4</a></span><br />The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-25.htm">Acts 17:25</a></span><br />Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-28.htm">Acts 17:28</a></span><br />‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-14.htm">James 4:14</a></span><br />You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42-44</a></span><br />So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable. / It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. / It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a></span><br />For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.</p><p class="hdg">hidest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-7.htm">Psalm 30:7</a></b></br> LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, <i>and</i> I was troubled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/13-24.htm">Job 13:24</a></b></br> Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-29.htm">Job 34:29</a></b></br> When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth <i>his</i> face, who then can behold him? whether <i>it be done</i> against a nation, or against a man only:</p><p class="hdg">thou takes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/146-4.htm">Psalm 146:4</a></b></br> His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/34-14.htm">Job 34:14,15</a></b></br> If he set his heart upon man, <i>if</i> he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a></b></br> Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.</p><p class="hdg">return</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-3.htm">Psalm 90:3</a></b></br> Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a></b></br> In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou <i>art</i>, and unto dust shalt thou return.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/94-11.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/psalms/102-20.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/psalms/103-14.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/psalms/102-27.htm">End</a> <a href="/job/36-12.htm">Expire</a> <a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Face</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-21.htm">Gatherest</a> <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/psalms/88-14.htm">Hidest</a> <a href="/psalms/102-26.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/psalms/78-8.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/psalms/90-7.htm">Terrified</a> <a href="/psalms/94-19.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/104-9.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/psalms/102-2.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/psalms/74-11.htm">Withdrawest</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/135-17.htm">Breath</a> <a href="/psalms/105-29.htm">Die</a> <a href="/psalms/143-4.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/psalms/113-7.htm">Dust</a> <a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">End</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm">Expire</a> <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Face</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-8.htm">Gatherest</a> <a href="/psalms/119-19.htm">Hide</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-15.htm">Hidest</a> <a href="/psalms/112-10.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/psalms/104-30.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm">Terrified</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/psalms/104-35.htm">Vanish</a> <a href="/songs/1-7.htm">Veiled</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-18.htm">Withdrawest</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 104</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-1.htm">A meditation upon the mighty power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-7.htm">And wonderful providence of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-31.htm">God's glory is eternal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/104-33.htm">The prophet vows perpetually to praise God</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/104.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/104.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When You hide Your face, they are terrified;</b><br>This phrase reflects the dependence of creation on God's presence and favor. In biblical context, God's "face" often symbolizes His presence and blessing (<a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>). The hiding of His face indicates a withdrawal of His favor, leading to fear and distress among His creatures. This concept is echoed in <a href="/job/34-29.htm">Job 34:29</a>, where God's hidden face results in turmoil. Theologically, it underscores the idea that life and order are sustained by God's active involvement in the world. The fear experienced by creation when God hides His face can be seen as a type of the spiritual desolation felt by humanity when separated from God, pointing to the ultimate need for reconciliation through Christ.<p><b>when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.</b><br>This phrase highlights the transient nature of life and the sovereignty of God over life and death. The "breath" here is the Hebrew word "ruach," which can mean spirit, breath, or wind, and is the same word used in <a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a> when God breathes life into Adam. The return to dust is a direct reference to <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Genesis 3:19</a>, where God tells Adam that he will return to the ground from which he was taken. This reflects the biblical theme of mortality and the consequences of sin, as death entered the world through Adam's disobedience (<a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a>). Theologically, it points to the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ, who conquered death and offers new life to believers (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, God is depicted as the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of life. His actions directly impact all of creation.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a></b><br>This includes all living beings that rely on God's presence and sustenance. The verse highlights their dependence on God for life.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/death_and_return_to_dust.htm">Death and Return to Dust</a></b><br>This event signifies the mortality of living beings and their return to the earth, echoing the creation account in Genesis.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>Recognize that all life is sustained by God. Our very breath is a gift from Him, and we are utterly dependent on His presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a></b><br>Understand that God is in control of life and death. His will determines the course of creation, and we must trust in His perfect plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mortality_and_humility.htm">Mortality and Humility</a></b><br>Acknowledge our mortality and the transient nature of life. This should lead us to live humbly, knowing that we will return to dust.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fear_of_the_lord.htm">The Fear of the Lord</a></b><br>Cultivate a healthy fear of the Lord, recognizing His power and authority over life. This fear should lead to reverence and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_resurrection.htm">Hope in Resurrection</a></b><br>While this verse speaks of death, Christians can find hope in the promise of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_104.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 104</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_breath_of_life.htm">What defines the breath of life?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'ruach'_mean.htm">What does 'ruach' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/recall_your_creator_in_youth.htm">Does He understand us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'death_reigned'_mean.htm">What role did the Holy Spirit play in creation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/104.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">Thou hidest Thy face.</span>--Elsewhere an image of displeasure, here only of withdrawal of providential care. (See <a href="/psalms/30-7.htm" title="LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled.">Psalm 30:7</a>, where the expression "troubled" also occurs.)<p><span class= "bld">Thou takest away their breath.</span>--Not only is the food which sustains animal life dependent on the ceaseless providence of God, but even the very breath of life is His, to be sent forth or withdrawn at His will. But to this thought, derived of course from Genesis (comp. <a href="/psalms/90-3.htm" title="You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men.">Psalm 90:3</a>, Note), the poet adds another. The existence of death is not a sorrow to him any more than it is a mystery. To the psalmist it is only the individual that dies; the race lives. One generation fades as God's breath is withdrawn, but another succeeds as it is sent forth.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/104.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled.</span> If God withdraws the light of his countenance from any living thing, instantly it feels the loss. It is "troubled," cast down, confounded (comp. <a href="/psalms/30-7.htm">Psalm 30:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Thou takest away their breath, they die.</span> As the living things have life from God, so they have death from him. Not one of them perishes but he knows it, and causes it or allows it (see <a href="/matthew/10-29.htm">Matthew 10:29</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And return to their dust.</span> Return, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, to the dead matter out of which they were created. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/104-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When You hide</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּסְתִּ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(tas·tîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your face,</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנֶיךָ֮</span> <span class="translit">(pā·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they panic;</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yib·bā·hê·lūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_926.htm">Strong's 926: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tremble inwardly, be, alarmed, agitated, to hasten anxiously</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when You take away</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּסֵ֣ף</span> <span class="translit">(tō·sêp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their breath,</span><br /><span class="heb">ר֭וּחָם</span> <span class="translit">(rū·ḥām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7307.htm">Strong's 7307: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they die</span><br /><span class="heb">יִגְוָע֑וּן</span> <span class="translit">(yiḡ·wā·‘ūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1478.htm">Strong's 1478: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe out, expire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and return</span><br /><span class="heb">יְשׁוּבֽוּן׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·šū·ḇūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">dust.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲפָרָ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·p̄ā·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6083.htm">Strong's 6083: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dust, clay, earth, mud</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/104-29.htm">Psalm 104:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/104-29.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 104:29 You hide your face: they are troubled (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/104-28.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 104:28"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:28" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/104-30.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 104:30"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 104:30" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>