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Psalms 104:8

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The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.
Psalms 104:8 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
  • 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.
  • NLT Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.

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Quick answer

The mountains rose and the valleys sank to the places God assigned them. He shaped the land with deliberate order.

Overview

As the waters retreated, the land took form, mountains lifting and valleys settling at God's command. The verse celebrates the purposeful design behind the earth's contours. Every feature of creation reflects the wisdom of God in Christ, by whom all things hold together.

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.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • 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

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  • 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.

Original language

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They go upעָלָהby the mountainsהַרthey go downיָרַדby the valleysבִּקְעָהunto the placeמָקוֹםwhichזֶהthou hast foundedיָסַד
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