Psalms 104:8
The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7At thy rebuke they shall flee: at the voice of thy thunder they shall fear.
9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 8:5And the waters were going and decreasing until the tenth month: for in the tenth month, the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.
Proverbs 8:25The mountains with their huge bulk had not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought forth:
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 →