Psalm 104:13 He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work.

English Standard Version
From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work.

New American Standard Bible
He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works.

King James Bible
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He waters the mountains from His palace; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor.

International Standard Version
He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work.

American Standard Version
He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works:

Darby Bible Translation
He watereth the mountains from his upper-chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.

Young's Literal Translation
Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied.

Cross References

Job 38:27
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Psalm 65:9
You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them corn, when you have so provided for it.

Psalm 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

Psalm 147:8
Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures.

Jeremiah 10:13
When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures.

Amos 9:6
It is he that builds his stories in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's 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?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

10-13. Once destructive, these waters are subjected to the service of God's creatures. In rain and dew from His chambers (compare Ps 104:3), and fountains and streams, they give drink to thirsting animals and fertilize the soil. Trees thus nourished supply homes to singing birds, and the earth teems with the productions of God's wise agencies,