Psalms 104:9 · KJV
“Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.”
— Psalms 104:9
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. {They go up...: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend}
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, {which} run among the hills. {He: Heb. Who} {run: Heb. walk}
Psalms 104 — Context
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. {They go up...: or, The mountains ascend, the valleys descend}
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, {which} run among the hills. {He: Heb. Who} {run: Heb. walk}
11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. {quench: Heb. break}
Cross References
Job 38:10-11
And brake up for it my decreed {place}, and set bars and doors, {brake...: or, established my decree upon it}
Genesis 9:11-15
And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Isaiah 54:9
For this {is as} the waters of Noah unto me: for {as} I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand {for} the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Job 26:10
He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. {until...: Heb. until the end of light with darkness}
Psalms 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.