English Standard Version
Psalms 104:7
7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
Psalms 104:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
- New International Version (NIV)But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;
- New King James Version (NKJV)At Your rebuke they fled; At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
- New Living Translation (NLT)At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away.
Context of Psalms 104:7
5He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved. 6You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight. 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them. 9You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:7 word by word
מִן־גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן־ק֥וֹל רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 104:7
- Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided.
- Proverbs 8:28when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
- Mark 4:39And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Psalms 114:3The sea looked and fled; Jordan turned back.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7At thy rebuke they fled - When God separated the waters which were above the firmament from those below, and caused the dry land to appear. He commanded the separation to take place; and the waters, as if instinct with life, hastened to obey. At the voice of thy thunder - It is very likely God employed the electric fluid as an agent in this separation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7At thy rebuke they fled - At thy command; or when thou didst speak to them. The Hebrew word also implies the notion of “rebuke,” or “reproof,” as if there were some displeasure or dissatisfaction. Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 17:10; Ecclesiastes 7:5; Isaiah 30:17; Psalm 76:6. It is “as if” God had been displeased that the waters prevented the appearing or the rising of the dry land, and had commanded them to “hasten” to their beds and channels, and no longer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The Lord created dry ground on day three of creation (Genesis 1:9–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. These verses rather describe the wonders of the flood than the creation (Ge 7:19, 20; 2Pe 3:5, 6). God's method of arresting the flood and making its waters subside is poetically called a "rebuke" (Psa 76:6; Is 50:2), and the process of the flood's subsiding by undulations among the hills and valleys is vividly described.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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