Psalms 104:17 · KJV
“Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.”
— Psalms 104:17
The trees of the LORD are full {of sap}; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
The high hills {are} a refuge for the wild goats; {and} the rocks for the conies.
Psalms 104 — Context
And wine {that} maketh glad the heart of man, {and} oil to make {his} face to shine, and bread {which} strengtheneth man's heart. {oil...: Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil}
16The trees of the LORD are full {of sap}; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
17Where the birds make their nests: {as for} the stork, the fir trees {are} her house.
18The high hills {are} a refuge for the wild goats; {and} the rocks for the conies.
19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Cross References
Psalms 104:12
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, {which} sing among the branches. {sing: Heb. give a voice}
Leviticus 11:19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Ezekiel 31:6
All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
Obadiah 1:4
Though thou exalt {thyself} as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 22:23
O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress}
Matthew 13:32
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
Daniel 4:21
Whose leaves {were} fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it {was} meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.