Thou sendest forth] As the death of creatures sheweth, that they are nothing of themselves: so their generation declareth, that we receive all things of our Creatour. thy spirit] Thy quickning power, or, the breath which thou givest them. thou renewest the face of the earth] By producing new creatures continually, Psalms 33:6. Ecclesiastes 1:4. or, understand it of the creatures renewed in the spring of the yeer.