Mazmur 104:8-9

104:8 as the mountains rose up,

and the valleys went down –

to the place you appointed for them. ¹ 

104:9 You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross,

so that they would not cover the earth again. ² 

[104:8]  ¹ tn Heb “from your shout they fled, from the sound of your thunder they hurried off.”

[104:8]  sn Verses 7-8 poetically depict Gen 1:9-10.

[104:9]  ² tn Heb “a boundary you set up, they will not cross, they will not return to cover the earth.”