Psalms 104:17
Where the birds make their nests: the stork—fir-trees are her house.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
In Context
16Full of sap are the trees of the Lord, the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted;
18The high mountains are for the wild goats: the rocks are a shelter for the conies.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19And the stork, the heron after his kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the swallow, atad the crane observe the time of their coming home; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:6In its boughs made all the fowls of heaven their nest, and under its branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under its shade dwelt all great nations.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou wert to rise as high as the 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 →