Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He waters the mountains from his upper chambers; the land is satisfied by the fruit of his work. New Living Translation You send rain on the mountains from your heavenly home, and you fill the earth with the fruit of your labor. English Standard Version From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. Berean Standard Bible He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by 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. New King James Version He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. New American Standard Bible He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. NASB 1995 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. NASB 1977 He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. Legacy Standard Bible He gives water to the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. Amplified Bible He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. Christian Standard Bible He waters the mountains from his palace; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of your labor. Holman Christian Standard Bible He waters the mountains from His palace; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of Your labor. American Standard Version He watereth the mountains from his chambers: The earth is filled with the fruit of thy works. Contemporary English Version From your home above you send rain on the hills and water the earth. English Revised Version He watereth the mountains from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. GOD'S WORD® Translation You water the mountains from your home above. You fill the earth with the fruits of your labors. Good News Translation From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings. International Standard Version He waters the mountains from his heavenly rooms; the earth is satisfied from the fruit of your work. Majority Standard Bible He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. NET Bible He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. New Heart English Bible He waters the mountains from his chambers. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. Webster's Bible Translation He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. World English Bible He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWatering hills from His upper chambers, "" The earth is satisfied from the fruit of Your works. Young's Literal Translation Watering hills from His upper chambers, From the fruit of Thy works is the earth satisfied. Smith's Literal Translation Watering the mountains from his upper chambers: with the fruit of thy work shall the earth be filled. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou waterest the hills from thy upper rooms: the earth shall be filled with the fruit of thy works: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You water the mountains from your chambers; from the fruit of your labor the earth abounds. New Revised Standard Version From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe waters the hills from his chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He waters the mountains from his lofty dwellings; from the fruit of your works you will satisfy the Earth. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; The earth is full of the fruit of Thy works. Brenton Septuagint Translation He waters the mountains from his chambers: the earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!…12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches. 13He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works. 14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:… Cross References Genesis 2:5-6 Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. / But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. Job 38:26-28 to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives, / to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass? / Does the rain have a father? Who has begotten the drops of dew? Job 36:27-28 For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist, / which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind. Deuteronomy 11:11-12 But the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess is a land of mountains and valleys that drinks in the rain from heaven. / It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year. Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, Jeremiah 14:22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things. Acts 14:17 Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.” Matthew 5:45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. James 5:18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. 1 Kings 18:41-45 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” / So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. / “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.” ... Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field. Hosea 2:21-22 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. Joel 2:23 Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. Amos 4:7 “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing. Treasury of Scripture He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. watereth Psalm 147:8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. Deuteronomy 11:11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: Job 38:25-28,37 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; … his chambers Psalm 104:3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: Amos 9:6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. the earth Psalm 65:9-13 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it… Jump to Previous Abode Chambers Earth Filled Fruit Full Hills Lofty Mountains Rain Satisfied Sends Store-Houses Upper Waterest Watereth Watering Waters Work WorksJump to Next Abode Chambers Earth Filled Fruit Full Hills Lofty Mountains Rain Satisfied Sends Store-Houses Upper Waterest Watereth Watering Waters Work WorksPsalm 104 1. A meditation upon the mighty power7. And wonderful providence of God 31. God's glory is eternal 33. The prophet vows perpetually to praise God He waters the mountains This phrase highlights God's providential care over creation. The Hebrew root for "waters" is "שָׁקָה" (shaqah), which means to give drink or irrigate. This action signifies God's active role in sustaining the earth. The mountains, often seen as majestic and immovable, rely on God's provision for life. This imagery reminds us of God's sovereignty and the intricate balance He maintains in nature. from His chambers the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works Thy works.--If we go by the parallelism, this means the "rain," here called God's works, as in Psalm 65:9 (see Note), his "river." Others prefer to see a general reference to the operations of nature which produce fruit. Verse 13. - He (i.e. God) watereth the hills from his chambers (comp. ver. 3). The mountains themselves, even their highest tops, are not left dry. Where springs cannot reach, rain falls from God's "chambers" in the sky, and spreads equal refreshment. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. The whole earth - mountains, hills, plains, valleys - is thus "satisfied," i.e. sufficiently supplied with water, by the means which God has elaborated.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He watersמַשְׁקֶ֣ה (maš·qeh) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8248: To quaff, to irrigate, furnish a, potion to the mountains הָ֭רִים (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country from His chambers; מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָ֑יו (mê·‘ă·lî·yō·w·ṯāw) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5944: Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky the earth הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land is satisfied תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע (tiś·ba‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited by the fruit מִפְּרִ֥י (mip·pə·rî) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6529: Fruit of His works. מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗יךָ (ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property Links Psalm 104:13 NIVPsalm 104:13 NLT Psalm 104:13 ESV Psalm 104:13 NASB Psalm 104:13 KJV Psalm 104:13 BibleApps.com Psalm 104:13 Biblia Paralela Psalm 104:13 Chinese Bible Psalm 104:13 French Bible Psalm 104:13 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 104:13 He waters the mountains from his chambers (Psalm Ps Psa.) |