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Psalm 104:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 104:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 You have appointed the winds as your messengers
and flames of fire[a] as your ministers.
5 You established the earth on its foundations
so that it will remain unshaken forever.[b]
6 You covered it with the deep like a cloak;
the waters rose above the mountains.
Footnotes
- Psalm 104:4 The Letter to the Hebrews cites this verse to show that Christ is superior to the angels. Since God makes use of mere wind and lightning (flames of fire) as his messengers and servants, the ministering spirits in heaven that he also uses as his messengers must be infinitely inferior to the eternal Son of God. The cogency of the argument is much greater in Greek (in which the Letter was written) because the word pneuma means both “wind” and “spirit” while the word angelos means both “messenger” and “angel.”
- Psalm 104:5 The ancients regarded the earth as resting upon firm foundations (see note on Ps 24:2).
