You covered it(A) with the watery depths(B) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(C) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(D) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(E) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(F) for them.
You set a boundary(G) they cannot cross;
    never again will they cover the earth.

10 He makes springs(H) pour water into the ravines;
    it flows between the mountains.
11 They give water(I) to all the beasts of the field;
    the wild donkeys(J) quench their thirst.
12 The birds of the sky(K) nest by the waters;
    they sing among the branches.(L)
13 He waters the mountains(M) from his upper chambers;(N)
    the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.(O)

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