Psalms 104:17
Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted;
18The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19and the stork, and the heron after its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.
Ezekiel 31:6All the fowls of heaven made their nests in its boughs, and all the beasts of the field did bring forth their young under its branches, and under its shadow dwelt all great nations.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou make thy nest as high as the eagle, and though thou set it among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, 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 →