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Your shout made the waters retreat;
at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off—
as the mountains rose up,
and the valleys went down—
to the place you appointed for them.[a]
You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross,
so that they would not cover the earth again.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:8 tn Heb “from your shout they fled, from the sound of your thunder they hurried off.”sn Verses 7-8 poetically depict Gen 1:9-10.
  2. Psalm 104:9 tn Heb “a boundary you set up, they will not cross, they will not return to cover the earth.”

But at your rebuke(A) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(B) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(C) for them.
You set a boundary(D) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

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