Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 104:12
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
12. Beside them dwell the birds of the heaven;
From among the leafage they utter their song.
Beside the springs and streams grow the trees which are the home of the birds, whose song of praise to their Maker ever rises from their branches.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation – Among them the fowls of the air dwell. That is, among the trees which spring up by the fountains and water-courses. The whole picture is full of animation and beauty.
Which sing among the branches – Margin, as in Hebrew, give a voice. Their voice is heard – their sweet music – in the foliage of the trees which grow on the margin of the streams and by the fountains. There is scarcely to be found a more beautiful poetic image than this.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 12. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation] All fowls love verdure, and have their residence where they can find wood and water.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
By them; either upon the waters, where many fowls have their common abode; or in the ground nigh unto them; or in the trees, which commonly grow by the banks of rivers.
Which sing among the branches; which, being delighted and refreshed by the waters, send forth their pleasant notes.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,…. Another use of the springs, fountains, and rivers of water; by the sides and on the shores of these, some birds delight to be, and on trees that grow here do they build their nests; and here, having wetted their throats, they sit, and chirp, and sing: to doves, by rivers of water, is the allusion in So 5:12.
Which sing among the branches; of trees that grow by the sides of fountains and rivers; see Eze 17:23. To such birds may saints be compared; being, like them, weak, defenceless, and timorous; liable to be taken in snares, and sometimes wonderfully delivered; as well as given to wanderings and strayings: and to fowls of the heaven, being heaven born souls, and partakers of the heavenly calling. These have their habitation by the fountain of Jacob, by the river of divine love, beside the still waters of the sanctuary; where they sing the songs of Zion, the songs of electing, redeeming, and calling grace.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(12) By them.Better, above them, i.e., in the trees and bushes growing on the bank of the stream. Translate by the present, have their homes.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. By them Literally, Above, or over, “them;” that is, over the banks of these streams, by which trees are nourished, the birds have their habitation, and give forth their voices.
Fowls of the heaven The phrase is opposed to “beasts of the earth.” Gen 1:24; Gen 1:26
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Psa 104:12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
Ver. 12. By them shall the fowls of the heaven ]
Assuetae ripis volucres, et fluminis alveo (Virg.).
Which sing among the branches
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the fowls: Psa 104:16, Psa 104:17, Psa 50:11, Psa 84:3, Psa 148:10, Mat 6:26
sing: Heb. give a voice, Psa 147:9
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 104:12. By them By the springs of water in the valleys; the fowls of the heaven have their habitation Delighting to build their nests, and sing among the verdant branches which conceal them from our sight. The music of birds, says Mr. Wesley, was the first song of thanksgiving which was offered on earth before man was formed. All their sounds are different, but all harmonious, and all together compose a choir which we cannot imitate. (Survey of the Wisdom of God, vol. 1. p. 314, third edition.) If these little choristers of the air, adds Dr. H., when refreshed by the streams near which they dwell, express their gratitude by chanting, in their way, the praises of their Maker and Preserver, how ought Christians to blush, who, besides the comforts and conveniences of this world, are indulged with copious draughts of the water of eternal life, if for so great a blessing they pay not their tribute of thanksgiving, and sing not unto the Lord the songs of Zion!
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
104:12 By {f} them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, [which] sing among the branches.
(f) There is no part of the world so barren where most evident signs of God’s blessing do not appear.