Psalms 104:6

4 Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:

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

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

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

8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded 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

    And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

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  • 2 Peter 3:5

    For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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  • Genesis 1:2–10

    And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

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