Psalm 104:30
New International Version
When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

New Living Translation
When you give them your breath, life is created, and you renew the face of the earth.

English Standard Version
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.

Berean Standard Bible
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

King James Bible
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

New King James Version
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth.

New American Standard Bible
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

NASB 1995
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

NASB 1977
Thou dost send forth Thy Spirit, they are created; And Thou dost renew the face of the ground.

Legacy Standard Bible
You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground.

Amplified Bible
You send out Your Spirit, they are created; You renew the face of the ground.

Christian Standard Bible
When you send your breath, they are created, and you renew the surface of the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When You send Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

American Standard Version
Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; And thou renewest the face of the ground.

Contemporary English Version
You created all of them by your Spirit, and you give new life to the earth.

English Revised Version
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the ground.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You send out your Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth.

Good News Translation
But when you give them breath, they are created; you give new life to the earth.

International Standard Version
When you send your spirit, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the earth.

Majority Standard Bible
When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

NET Bible
When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

New Heart English Bible
You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

World English Bible
You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You send out Your Spirit, they are created, "" And You renew the face of the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou sendest out Thy Spirit, they are created, And Thou renewest the face of the ground.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt send forth thy spirit, they will be created: thou wilt renew the face of the earth.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.

New American Bible
Send forth your spirit, they are created and you renew the face of the earth.

New Revised Standard Version
When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created, and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You send your Spirit and they are created and you renew the face of the earth.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created; And Thou renewest the face of the earth.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt send forth thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. 30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth. 31May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.…

Cross References
Genesis 1:2
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Genesis 2:7
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.

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Ezekiel 37:9-10
Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!” / So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 42:5
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:

Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

Isaiah 44:24
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,

Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Isaiah 55:10-11
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

John 3:5-8
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. / Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. / Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’ ...

John 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

John 20:22
When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:11
And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.

1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.


Treasury of Scripture

You send forth your spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth.

sendest

Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Job 26:13
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

renewest

Isaiah 65:17
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.

Isaiah 66:22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.

Revelation 21:5
And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

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Psalm 104
1. A meditation upon the mighty power
7. And wonderful providence of God
31. God's glory is eternal
33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God














When You send Your Spirit
This phrase emphasizes the active role of God in creation and renewal. The Hebrew word for "Spirit" is "Ruach," which can mean breath, wind, or spirit. In the context of the Old Testament, "Ruach" often signifies the life-giving and sustaining power of God. The sending of God's Spirit is a divine action that brings about transformation and renewal. This reflects the ongoing work of God in the world, reminiscent of the Spirit hovering over the waters in Genesis 1:2, indicating God's continuous involvement in creation.

they are created
The act of creation here is not a one-time event but an ongoing process. The Hebrew verb "bara" is used, which is often reserved for divine creation, indicating that it is God who brings things into existence. This creation is not limited to the initial act in Genesis but is a continual process where God brings forth life. It underscores the belief that all life is dependent on God's creative power, and it is through His Spirit that life is continually renewed and sustained.

and You renew the face of the earth
The concept of renewal is central to this phrase. The Hebrew word "chadash" means to renew or restore. This suggests a cyclical process where God rejuvenates the earth, ensuring its vitality and productivity. Historically, this can be seen in the agricultural cycles that were vital to the Israelites, where the land would rest and be renewed. Scripturally, it points to the hope of restoration and new creation, a theme that runs throughout the Bible, culminating in the promise of a new heaven and a new earth in Revelation. This renewal is a testament to God's faithfulness and His desire for the flourishing of His creation.

(30) Spirit.--Rather, breath, as in Psalm 104:29. We must not here think of the later theological doctrine of the Holy Spirit. The psalmist evidently regards the breath of God only as the vivifying power that gives matter a distinct and individual, but transient, existence. Even in the speculative book of Ecclesiastes, the idea of a human soul having a permanent separate existence does not make its appearance. At death the dust, no longer animate, returns to the earth as it was, and the breath, which had given it life, returns to God who gave it--gave it as an emanation, to be resumed unto Himself when its work was done. Still less, then, must we look in poetry for any more developed doctrine.

Verse 30. - Thou sendest forth thy spirit; or, thy breath. As God "breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life" (Genesis 2:7), so it is an effluence from him that gives life to every living thing. They are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. As after the Deluge (see Genesis 7:4; Genesis 8:17).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When You send
תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח (tə·šal·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

Your Spirit,
ר֭וּחֲךָ (rū·ḥă·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

they are created,
יִבָּרֵא֑וּן (yib·bā·rê·’ūn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed

and You renew
וּ֝תְחַדֵּ֗שׁ (ū·ṯə·ḥad·dêš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2318: To be new, to rebuild

the face
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the earth.
אֲדָמָֽה׃ (’ă·ḏā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land


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