Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Bible References

Hidest

Psalm 30:7

By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.
Job 13:24

“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
Job 34:29

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—
Romans 8:20
For the creation was subjected to frustration and futility, not willingly [because of some intentional fault on its part], but by the will of Him who subjected it, in hope

Thou takest

Psalm 146:4

When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.
Job 34:14

“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
Acts 17:25
nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.

Return

Psalm 90:3

You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”
Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”