Psalms 104:8

The mountains came up and the valleys went down into the place which you had made ready for them.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

In Context

7At the voice of your word they went in flight; at the sound of your thunder they went away in fear;

9You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:5And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were put in their places, before the hills was my birth:

Matthew Henry on Psalms 104:2-10

The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the Lord , O my soul . O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: 4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: 5 Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. 6 Thou coveredst… Read the whole commentary →

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