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Psalm 104:31
Let the LORD’s glory endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
29You hide your face; they are troubled. You take away their breath; they die and return to the dust.
30You send out your Spirit and they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
31Let the LORD’s glory endure forever. Let the LORD rejoice in his works.
32He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
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The wish that YHWH rejoice in his works turns attention from what creation gives you toward the Creator’s own joy and enduring glory.
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Genesis 1:31God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.Genesis records God’s judgment that all he made was very good; the psalm asks that he rejoice in his works.
2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.Both passages direct praise toward the Lord with the desire that his glory endure forever.
Romans 1:20For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power …Both connect God with the things he has made, linking creation with his glory or his everlasting power and divinity.
Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.”The psalm asks for the LORD’s joy in his works; Jeremiah records his promise to rejoice in doing his people good.
Psalm 92:4For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.God’s works are the source of gladness in both passages, with Psalm 104 seeking God’s joy and Psalm 92 expressing human joy.
Zephaniah 3:17The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with …Both passages speak of the LORD rejoicing, with Zephaniah naming his people as those over whom he rejoices.
Ephesians 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.Both express praise that reaches beyond the present, seeking glory for God forever.
Isaiah 65:18–19But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for, behold, I create Jerusalem to be a delight, and her people a joy.Both link joy with God’s creative work: the psalm seeks the Creator’s rejoicing, while Isaiah tells people to rejoice.
Exodus 31:17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was …Both concern the LORD’s work as Creator, though Exodus speaks of his rest and refreshment rather than his rejoicing.
Isaiah 62:5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.Both speak of God rejoicing, while Isaiah compares his joy over his people to a bridegroom’s joy.
Revelation 5:12–13saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”Glory belongs in the praise voiced by both passages, directed to the LORD in the psalm and the Lamb in Revelation.
Romans 11:36For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen.Both join God’s relation to all he has made with praise for his glory forever.
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Your praise has room to look beyond your own gladness. This prayer seeks YHWH’s joy in what he has made and glory that endures forever.
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