Psalms 104:9
You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they don’t turn again to cover the earth.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
In Context
8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
10He sends springs into the valleys. They run amongst the mountains.
Cross References
Job 26:10He has described a boundary on the surface of the waters, and to the confines of light and darkness.
Job 38:11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
Isaiah 54:9“For this is like the waters of Noah to me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah will no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
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 →