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Psalms 104:5
5He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever.
Psalms 104:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You who laid the foundations of the earth, So that it should not be moved forever,
Context of Psalms 104:5
3Who lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, 4Who makes winds His messengers, Flames of fire His ministers. He established the earth on its foundations, So that it will not be moved forever and ever. 6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. 7At Your rebuke they fled; At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away.
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יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:5
- Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the streams and the rivers.
- Psalms 33:9For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
- Psalms 136:6To Him who stretched out the earth upon the waters, For His lovingkindness endures forever;
- Job 26:7It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness And hangs the earth on nothing.
- Job 38:4Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
- Psalms 93:1The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty and splendor; The Lord has clothed and encircled Himself with strength; the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved.
- Psalms 96:10Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly and securely established, it shall not be moved; He will judge and rule the people with fairness.”
- Ecclesiastes 1:4One generation goes and another generation comes, But the earth remains forever.
- 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish with a [mighty and thunderous] roar, and the [material] elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and the works that are on it will be burned up.
- Revelation 6:14The sky was split [separated from the land] and rolled up like a scroll, and every mountain and island were dislodged and moved out of their places.
- Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne and Him who was seated upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them [for this heaven and earth are passing away].
Commentaries on Psalms 104:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5מכוניה על ארץ יסד yasad erets al mechonepha, ועד עולם תמוט בל bal tammot olam vaed . "Laying the earth upon its foundations, That it should not be shaken for evermore." This image Bishop Lowth thinks evidently taken from the tabernacle, which was so laid upon its foundations that nothing could move it, and the dispensation to which it was attached, till the end purposed by the secret counsel of God was accomplished: and thus the earth is established, till…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Who laid the foundations of the earth - Referring still to the creation of the earth. The margin is, “He hath founded the earth upon her bases.” The Hebrew word rendered in the margin “her bases” means properly a place; then a basis or foundation. The idea is, that there wes something, as it were, placed under the earth to support it. The idea is not uncommon in the Scriptures. Compare the notes at Job 38:4. That it should not be removed for ever - So…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35This 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).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The earth is firmly fixed by His power.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 104
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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