Psalms 104:8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down — unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 Thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away —

9Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, that they might not return to cover the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 8:5And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I 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 →

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