Psalms Chapter 104 verse 9 Holy Bible
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
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You made a limit over which they might not go, so that the earth would never again be covered by them.
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Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
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You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; That they don't turn again to cover the earth.
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A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Thou hast set (or, didst set) a bound that they may not (rather, might not) pass over (comp. Job 38:10, 11; Jeremiah 5:22). The Deluge is for the time beyond the ken of the poet, who is singing God's greatness in nature, and in the general laws under which he has placed it. Neither turn again to cover the earth. This law, once Broken by the miracle of the Deluge, was thenceforth made absolute and inviolable (Genesis 9:15).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) A bound.--It is striking to observe what a deep impression their little line of coast, the barrier which beat off the waves of the Mediterranean, made on the Hebrew mind. The sea was an object of dread. Or if dread passes into reverent wonder, as in Psalm 104:25-26, it ends there; the Jew never took delight in the sea. Hence, the coast has for him only one purpose and suggestion. It is not for enjoyment or recreation, or even for uses of commerce. It is simply the defence set by God against the hostile waters.
