Psalms 104:6
The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
In Context
5Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.
7At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
Cross References
Genesis 7:19And the waters prevailed beyond measure upon the earth: and all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered.
2 Peter 3:5For this they are wilfully ignorant of, that the heavens were before, and the earth out of water, and through water, consisting by the word of God.
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 →