Psalms 104:17
there the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the field shall be filled, and the cedars of Libanus which he hath planted:
18The high hills are a refuge for the harts, the rock for the irchins.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19The heron, and the charadrion according to its kind, the houp also, and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:6And when he had spread forth his shadow, all the fowls of the air made their nests in his boughs, and all the beasts of the forest brought forth their young under his branches, and the assembly of many nations dwelt under his shadow.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou be exalted as an eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars: thence will I bring thee down, saith the 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 →