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Psalms 104:9
9Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth.
Psalms 104:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, That they may not return to cover the earth.
Context of Psalms 104:9
7At your command, the water fled; at the sound of your thunder, it hurried away. 8Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed. Then you set a firm boundary for the seas, so they would never again cover the earth. 10You make springs pour water into the ravines, so streams gush down from the mountains. 11They provide water for all the animals, and the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Read all of Psalms 104Psalms 104:9 word by word
גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 104:9
- Psalms 33:7He assigned the sea its boundaries and locked the oceans in vast reservoirs.
- Genesis 9:11Yes, I am confirming my covenant with you. Never again will floodwaters kill all living creatures; never again will a flood destroy the earth.”
- Job 26:10He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.
- Job 38:10For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores.
- Isaiah 54:9“Just as I swore in the time of Noah that I would never again let a flood cover the earth, so now I swear that I will never again be angry and punish you.
- Jeremiah 5:22Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the Lord, define the ocean’s sandy shoreline as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross. The waves may toss and roar, but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
Commentaries on Psalms 104:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass - And what is this bound? The flux and reflux of the sea, occasioned by the solar and lunar attraction, the rotation of the earth on its own axis, and the gravitation of the waters to the center of the earth. And what is the cause of all these? The will and energy of God. Thus the sea is prevented from drowning the earth equally where there are flat shores as where the sea seems hemmed in by huge mounds of land…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over - See Job 26:10, note; Job 38:10-11, note. That they turn not again to cover the earth - As it was before the dry land appeared; or as the earth was when “darkness was upon the face of the deep” Genesis 1:2, and when all was mingled earth and water. It is “possible” that in connection with this, the psalmist may also have had his eye on the facts connected with the deluge in the time of Noah, and the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The Lord set a firm boundary for the seas to protect the land. This shows that the Lord rules both the sea and the land. This idea also challenged the beliefs of the Canaanites, who celebrated Baal as the god who defeated the sea (see Psalm 29).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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