Psalms 104:7

"You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains."

Key Reflection

This verse symbolizes God's power and provision, depicting how He effortlessly controls the waters, covering the earth with them like a garment. It highlights both the vastness of His creation and His authority over nature, setting the stage for understanding His sovereignty in all aspects of life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

At thy rebuke they fled -At thy command; or when thou didst speak to them. The Hebrew word also implies the notion of “rebuke,” or “reproof,” as if there were some displeasure or dissatisfaction.Proverbs 13:1;Proverbs 17:10;Ecclesiastes 7:5;Isaiah 30:17;Psalms 76:6. It is “as if” God had been displeased that the waters prevented the appearing or the rising of the dry land, and had commanded them to “hasten” to their beds and channels, and no longer to cover the earth. The allusion is toGenesis 1:9, and there is nowhere to be found a more sublime expression than this.

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