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Oh Lord, My God, You Are Very Great

In this season of grey, where I do not have many answers, and I am desperately grasping for some small sense of assurance, I keep returning to Psalm 104. This psalm depicts God as the creator and sustainer of all living things. It begins with praise and follows with an outline of God's creation closely reflecting God's work in Genesis when He created the world. Verse 2 explains the "light" and "outstretch of heavens." Verse 3 follows with the "waters" and "clouds," and verse 4 celebrates the "earth's foundations." The Psalter continues with mountains, rivers, springs, and valleys, which the Lord put into "the place that [He] appointed for them" (v. 8). With each aspect of the earth God's masterful detail is present. The following verses explain further what fills the earth and its purpose in God's design for provision. The springs "give drink to every beast of the field" (v. 11), the birds dwel