Psalm 104:8
Strong's Lexicon
the mountains
הָ֭רִים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

rose
יַעֲל֣וּ (ya·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself

and the valleys
בְקָע֑וֹת (ḇə·qā·‘ō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1237: 1) valley 2) plain, level valley

sank
יֵרְד֣וּ (yê·rə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)

the place
מְ֝ק֗וֹם (mə·qō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4725: 1) standing place, place 1a) standing place, station, post, office 1b) place, place of human abode 1c) city, land, region 1d) place, locality, spot 1e) space, room, distance 1f) region, quarter, direction 1g) give place to, instead of

זֶ֤ה ׀ (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, another, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how

You appointed
יָסַ֬דְתָּ (yā·saḏ·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3245: 1) to found, fix, establish, lay foundation 1a) (Qal) to found, establish, begin 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave 1b2) to be founded 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to found 1c2) to establish, appoint, ordain 1d) (Pual) to be founded, be laid 1e) (Hophal) to be founded

for them—
לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

Young's Literal Translation
They go up hills—they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
mountains rose and valleys sank — to the place You established for them.

New American Standard Bible
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.

King James Bible
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them.

New Living Translation
Mountains rose and valleys sank to the levels you decreed.

English Standard Version
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place that you appointed for them.

New American Standard Bible
The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.

King James Bible
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
mountains rose and valleys sank-- to the place You established for them.

International Standard Version
Mountains rise up and valleys sink to the place you have ordained for them.

NET Bible
as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down--to the place you appointed for them.

American Standard Version
(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

English Revised Version
They went up by the mountains, they went down by the valleys, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.

Young's Literal Translation
They go up hills -- they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.
















Cross References
Psalm 33:7
He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

Psalm 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

Psalm 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 104:5
Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Psalm 104:10
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

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