Psalm 104:12
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New International Version (©2011)
The birds of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The birds nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; they sing among the branches.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The birds of the sky live beside the springs; they sing among the foliage.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Birds of the sky live beside them and chirp a song among the foliage.

NET Bible (©2006)
The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And the birds of the sky alight upon them; from among the mountains they give a sound.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The birds live by the streams. They sing among the branches.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

American King James Version
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

American Standard Version
By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

Darby Bible Translation
The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.

English Revised Version
By them the fowl of the heaven have their habitation, they sing among the branches.

Webster's Bible Translation
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.

World English Bible
The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

Young's Literal Translation
By them the fowl of the heavens doth dwell, From between the branches They give forth the voice.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

104:10-18 When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does God provide for the inferior creatures, and will he not be a refuge to his people?

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - By them; i.e. "by the springs" (see ver. 10). Shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation. Birds need water as much as any other animals, and in dry tracts frequently congregate at the springs. Which sing (or, utter a voice) among the branches of the trees which in the East spring up wherever there is moisture.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,.... Another use of the springs, fountains, and rivers of water; by the sides and on the shores of these, some birds delight to be, and on trees that grow here do they build their nests; and here, having wetted their throats, they sit, and chirp, and sing: to doves, by rivers of water, is the allusion in Sol 5:12.

Which sing among the branches; of trees that grow by the sides of fountains and rivers; see Ezekiel 17:23. To such birds may saints be compared; being, like them, weak, defenceless, and timorous; liable to be taken in snares, and sometimes wonderfully delivered; as well as given to wanderings and strayings: and to fowls of the heaven, being heaven born souls, and partakers of the heavenly calling. These have their habitation by the fountain of Jacob, by the river of divine love, beside the still waters of the sanctuary; where they sing the songs of Zion, the songs of electing, redeeming, and calling grace.

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O Lord, My God, You are Very Great
…11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. 12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. 13He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. …

Matthew 8:20 Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
Matthew 13:32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches."
Mark 4:32 Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade."
Psalm 104:17 There the birds make their nests; the stork has its home in the junipers.