The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 104:30

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou sendest forth thy spirit; or, thy breath. As God "breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life" (Genesis 2:7), so it is an effluence from him that gives life to every living thing. They are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

As after the Deluge (see Genesis 7:4; Genesis 8:17).

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