Psalms 104:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They go upa by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. ”

Psalms 104:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They go up by the mountains ... - That is, when they were gathered together into seas. They seemed to roll and tumble over hills and mountains, and to run down in valleys, until they found the de...
Psalms 104:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CIV. The Glory of the Creator. Psalms 104:1-4 . Yahweh's power in the heavens. He is clothed in the light which God made first ( Genesis 1:3 ) before the heavenly bodies. He lays the foundation o...
Psalms 104:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hast founded . didst prepare.
Psalms 104:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys - Taking the words as they stand her...
Psalms 104:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They go up to the mountains— They went up mountains, they went down vallies, to the place which thou hast founded for them. Here a noble image is lost in our translation, for want of considering...
Psalms 104:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys. The waters, tumultuously ex...
Psalms 104:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of Nature, celebrating God's glory as seen in His works both inanimate and animate. It is an expansion of the closing vv. of Psalms 103 , and like that Ps. begins and ends with the phr...
Psalms 104:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(5–18) The work of the third day of Creation in its two great divisions. (1) The separation of the land and water ( Psalms 104:5-9 ); (2) the clothing of the earth with grass, herbs, and trees ( Psal...
Psalms 104:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:1-35 LIKE the preceding psalm, this one begins and ends with the psalmist's call to his soul to bless Jehovah. The inference has been drawn that both psalms have the same author, but th...
Psalms 104:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Wondrous Handiwork Psalms 104:1-12 The opening verses of this psalm appear to describe in sublime poetry the creation of the world. God is very great, because He created the heavens...
Psalms 104:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a great song of praise commencing and closing with the same note of personal praise. While in the former the dominant note is that of the mercy of Jehovah, here it is that of His majest...
Psalms 104:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many beautiful descriptions of the various works of God in creation. They need no comment; but we may scripturalise them in reference to the new creation in Christ Jesus, and find mu...
Psalms 104:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They go up by the mountains, they go down by the valleys ,.... The Targum is, "they ascend out of the deep to the mountains;'' that is, the waters, when they went off the earth at the divine order...
Psalms 104:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Ver. 8. They go up by the mountains ] They run any way, in post haste, breaking through th...
Psalms 104:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They go up by the mountains Rather, They went up mountains: they went down valleys , &c. They went over hill and dale, as we say; they neither stopped at the former, nor lodged in the latter,...
Psalms 104:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the L ORD , O my soul. O L ORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour a...
Psalms 104:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In that first division of the waters from the earth, some part of them by God's command, contrary to their own nature, went upwards, and became springs in the mountains, and the greatest part went do...
Psalms 104:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm,” says Calvin, “differs from the last, in that it neither treats of God’s special mercies bestowed on His Church, nor lifts us to the hope of a heavenly life; but painting f...
Psalms 104:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I trust that we have already felt something of holy enjoyment while our hearts and voices have been praising the Lord our God. Perhaps this Psalm may help to keep us in a praising state of mind. Firs...
Psalms 104:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm has no title in the Hebrew, but it is ascribed to David by the LXX, and by most of the Versions. It celebrates the works of God in the creation of the world, and in strains worthy of the r...
Psalms 104:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord my God, Thou art very great. A hymn of praise to God in Nature I. The universality of God’s workings in Nature. 1. In the domain of dead matter. He is operating in the waters as they...
Psalms 104:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION " THE psalmist, in a time of severe trouble, arising from the power of the heathen, seeks consolation in reflecting on the greatness of God in nature," So Hengstenberg, correctly. Th...
Psalms 104:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Praise of God for His Work in the Kingdom of Nature. The psalmist, probably David, as in the preceding psalm, celebrates the glory of God in the works of His creation and providence.
Psalms 104:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 8:5
Psalms 104:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go up — In that first division of the waters from the earth, part went upwards, and became springs in the mountains, the greatest part went downwards to the channels made for them.

Psalms 104:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 104:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 104:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 104:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 104:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 104:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 104:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 104:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 104:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 104:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes