Psalms 104:17
where the birds make their nests. As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
In Context
16The trees of LORD are full, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
18The high mountains are for the wild goats. The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19and the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.
Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from there, says LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:11-19
The Divine Bounty. 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13 He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; 15 And wine that maketh… Read the whole commentary →