Psalm 104:29

Praise To Yahweh For His Creation And Providence

²⁸ When You give it to them,
they gather it;
when You open Your hand,
they are satisfied with good things.
²⁹ When You hide Your face,
they are terrified;
when You take away their breath,
they die and return to the dust.
³⁰ When You send Your breath,
they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.

Hide Your Face

Return to Dust

Genesis 3:19

You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”

Job 34:14-15

If He put His mind to it
and withdrew the spirit and breath He gave,

Psalm 30:7

Lord, when You showed Your favor,
You made me stand like a strong mountain;
when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it once was,
and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Deuteronomy 31:17

My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’

Psalm 90:3

You return mankind to the dust,
saying, “Return, descendants of Adam.”

Psalm 146:4

When his breath leaves him,
he returns to the ground;
on that day his plans die.

Job 10:9

Please remember that You formed me like clay.
Will You now return me to dust?

Job 13:24

Why do You hide Your face
and consider me Your enemy?

Job 34:29

But when God is silent, who can declare Him guilty?
When He hides His face, who can see Him?
Yet He watches over both individuals and nations,

Acts 17:25

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

Romans 8:20-22

For the creation was subjected to futility—not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it—in the hope