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Psalms 104:6

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Thou coverest it with the deep as with a garment,.... This refers not to the waters of the flood, when the earth was covered with them, even the tops of the highest mountains; but to the huge mass of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment - Compare the notes at Job 38:9. The meaning is, that God covered the earth with the sea - the waters - the abyss - as if a garment had been spread…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 104:1-9

When we are addressing ourselves to any religious service we must stir up ourselves to take hold on God in it (Isa 64:7); so David does here. "Come, my soul, where art thou? What art thou thinking of?…

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