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The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
Psalms 104:8 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
  • BSB the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
  • NKJV They went up over the mountains; They went down into the valleys, To the place which You founded for them.
  • NASB The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
  • NLT Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Gen 8:5The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
  • Ps 33:7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Psalms 104:8YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 104:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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