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Psalm 104

Psalm 104:6

How Many Are Your Works, O LORD! · Psalm 104:1–35
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Translations

Modern
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
Traditional
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
Literal
The deep, as with a garment You covered it; upon the mountains the waters were standing.
Latin
Abyssus sicut vestimentum amictus ejus; super montes stabunt aquæ.

Original

Hebrew
English
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Notes

Psalms 104:6

At first, water covered the earth.

Psalms 104:1–35

This creation hymn (see also Psalms 8, 33, 145) praises God's goodness and greatness. The psalmist thinks about the current world, the original creation, and a future new creation. He views both creations as wonderfully and wisely made (compare Psalm 139:14), as the work of the Lord's Spirit (104:30; Genesis 1:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6).

Theme notes and profiles

David Beauty in Nature Blessing The Creator-King

Glossary

David Gratitude Music New Creation, New Creature Psalms, Book of

Topics

Birds: God Provides For Blessing: Temporal, from God Continents: General Scriptures Concerning Earth: Primitive Condition of Geology: General Scriptures Concerning God: Creator God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Mountains: Collect the Vapours Which Ascend from the Earth The Providence of God is Exercised in Preserving the Course of Nature