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Psalms 104:29

104:28 That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

104:30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

What does Psalms 104:29 mean?

Psalms 104:29 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָתַר (çâthar), פָּנִים (pânîym), בָּהַל (bâhal).

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Thou
hidestסָתַרçâthar/saw-thar'/H5641to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
thy
face,פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
they
are
troubled:בָּהַלbâhal/baw-hal'/H926to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
thou
takest
awayאָסַףʼâçaph/aw-saf'/H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
their
breath,רוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
they
die,גָּוַעgâvaʻ/gaw-vah'/H1478to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
and
returnשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
to
their
dust.עָפָרʻâphâr/aw-fawr'/H6083dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 104:29.

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 25:17

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

Genesis 25:8

Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 29:3

And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

Genesis 3:19

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 art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. cool: Heb. wind

Genesis 35:29

And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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What does Psalms 104:29 say?

Psalms 104:29 (King James Version) reads: "Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust."

Is Psalms 104:29 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 104:29 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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