Psalms 104:17
That ye birdes may make their nestes there: the storke dwelleth in the firre trees.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
In Context
16The high trees are satisfied, euen the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted,
18The high mountaines are for the goates: the rockes are a refuge for the conies.
Cross References
Leviticus 11:19The storke also, the heron after his kinde, and the lapwing, and the backe:
Jeremiah 8:7Euen the storke in the aire knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their comming, but my people knoweth not the iudgement of the Lord.
Ezekiel 31:6All the foules of the heauen made their nestes in his boughes, and vnder his branches did all the beastes of the fielde bring foorth their yong, and vnder his shadowe dwelt all mightie nations.
Obadiah 1:4Though thou exalt thy selfe as the eagle, and make thy nest among the starres, thence will I bring thee downe, sayth 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 →