“To whom also He showed Himself alive after His Passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3).

“The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us” (Judges 9:8).

“And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever” (Isaiah 32:17).

“Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening” (Psalm 104:23).

The 104th psalm is a beautiful psalm of creation and the flood, supplemented by God’s providential care of His creatures in the post-flood world. Our text makes man’s activity seem almost incidental in the grand scope of God’s activities on behalf of His whole creation.

“And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?” (Numbers 32:6).