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Psalms 104:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 104:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 104:89 words
HebrewMeaning
יַעֲל֣וּyaʿălw
they went upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
הָ֭רִיםhāriym
mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
יֵרְד֣וּyērədw
they went downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
בְקָע֑וֹתbəqāʿwōt
valleysnounH1237
valley
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מְ֝ק֗וֹםməqwōm
the placenounH4725
home · open · place · room ···
זֶ֤הzeh
whichprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
יָסַ֬דְתָּyāsadətā
you had establishedverbH3245
take counsel · establish · (lay the · lay for a) found ···
לָ/הֶֽםlāhem
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 104:8

1. ...“Bless the Lord, O my soul.” Let the soul of us all, made one in Christ, say this. “O Lord my God, You are magnified exceedingly!” Psalm 103:1. Where are You magnified? “Confession and beauty You have put on.” Confess ye, that you may be beautified, that He may put you on. “Clothed with light as a garment” Psalm 103:2. Clothed with His Church, because she is made “light” in Him, who before was darkness in herself, as the apostle says: “You were sometime darkness, but…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 104 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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