Psalms 104:17
He sent a man before them; 1 Joseph was sold for a slave. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
In Context
16Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; 1 He broke the whole support of bread. 1
18They hurt his feet with fetters; 1 His soul passed into iron, 1
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat.
Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, also the turtledove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:6All the birds of the sky made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches all the wild beasts of the field bred; the whole multitude of nations dwelt under his shadow.
Obadiah 1:4If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make 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 →