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Psalms 104:5-9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

5. [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever. 6. Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. 7. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 8. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. 9. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalms 104:5-9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 104:5

Theological / Devotional

Foundations. The psalmist poetically pictures the earth as resting on a firm foundation (see Job 38:4–6; cf. Job 26:7), probably to emphasize the stability of God’s creation.

With vs. 5–9 compare the work of the first part of the third day of creation (see Gen. 1:9, 10).

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