Genesis 8:5
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, a...
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 ) be...
hast founded . didst prepare.
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 b...
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...
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 g...
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 10...
(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 clothin...
They go up. — This translation is grammatically possible, but is inconsistent with the preceding description. It is better therefore to take the cl...
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 d...
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....
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 t...
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 referenc...
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...
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 ] Th...
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...
The Divine Majesty. 1 Bless the L ORD , O my soul. O L ORD my God, t...
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 sprin...
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...
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...
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 cre...
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 d...
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not he removed for ever. Stability of Nature essential to prosperity Earthquakes alone ar...
EXPOSITION " THE psalmist, in a time of severe trouble, arising from the power of the heathen, seeks consolation in reflecting on the greatness...
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 w...
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which Thou hast founded for them, literally, "Up rose mountains, down sank va...
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 downwar...
8 They go upa by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.