Psalms 104:6

4 He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7 At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

8 the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
KJV
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
WEB
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
ASV
Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; The waters stood above the mountains.
DARBY
Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
BLB
The deep, as [with] a garment You covered it; upon the mountains the waters were standing.
ÅB
Du hadde dekket den med dype vann som med en kappe; vannene sto over fjellene.
OTB
Du dekket den med dypet som med et klede;
Vannene sto over fjellene.
B1930
Du hadde dekket den med dype vann som med et klædebon; vannene stod over fjellene.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 7:19

    Finally, the waters completely inundated the earth, so that all the high mountains under all the heavens were covered.

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  • 2 Peter 3:5

    But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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  • Genesis 1:2–10

    Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

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