Psalms 104 · Verse 10

Psalms 104:10

He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

Psalms 104:10, King James Version

Psalms 104:10 in other translations

BSB	He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
WEB	He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
ASV	He sendeth forth springs into the valleys; They run among the mountains;
YLT	Who is sending forth fountains in valleys, Between hills they go on.
DARBY	He sendeth the springs into the valleys: they run among the mountains;
BBE	You sent the springs into the valleys; they are flowing between the hills.
Webster	He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.

What does Psalms 104:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 104:10-13

10-13. Once destructive, these waters are subjected to the service of God's creatures. In rain and dew from His chambers (compare Psa 104:3), and fountains and streams, they give drink to thirsting animals and fertilize the soil. Trees thus nourished supply homes to singing birds, and the earth teems with the productions of God's wise agencies,

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys - Evaporation is guided and regulated by Divine Providence. The sun has a certain power to raise a certain portion of vapours from a given space. God has apportioned the aqueous to the terrene surface, and the solar attraction to both. There is just as much aqueous surface as affords a sufficiency of vapours to be raised by the solar attraction to water the earthy surface. Experiments have been instituted which prove that it requires a given space of aqueous surface to provide vapours for a given space of terrene surface; and the proportion appears ordinarily to be seventeen of water to three of earth; and this is the proportion that the aqueous bears to the terrene surface of the globe. See Ray's three Physico-theological Discourses.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 104:10-18

When we reflect upon the provision made for all creatures, we should also notice the natural worship they render to God. Yet man, forgetful ungrateful man, enjoys the largest measure of his Creator's kindness. the earth, varying in different lands. Nor let us forget spiritual blessings; the fruitfulness of the church through grace, the bread of everlasting life, the cup of salvation, and the oil of gladness. Does God provide for the inferior creatures, and will he not be a refuge to his people?

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 104:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַham.sha.Le.achthe [one who] sends forthH7971

מַ֭עְיָנִיםMa'.ya.nimspringsH4599

בַּנְּחָלִ֑יםba.ne.cha.Limin the wadisH5158

בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996

הָ֝רִ֗יםha.Rim[the] mountainsH2022

יְהַלֵּכֽוּן\׃ye.ha.le.Khunthey go !H1980

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 104:10

Isaiah 41:18
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Psalms 107:35
He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Deuteronomy 8:7
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He sendeth. Heb. Who sendeth.
107:35The waters of the sea are not only prevented from destroying the earth, but, by the providence of God, are rendered the means of preserving every living thing; partly ascending from the great deep through the strata of the earth, partly exhaled in vapour from the surface of the ocean, and thence falling in rain, especially on the tops and sides of mountains, they break forth into fresh springs, and form streams and rivers.
De 8:7; Isa 35:7; 41:18
run. Heb. walk.

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Context

Psalms 104:9
Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Psalms 104:10
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

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Psalms 104:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Tú eres el que envías las fuentes por los arroyos; van entre los montes.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Il a envoyé les sources dans les vallées: elles coulent entre les montagnes;
German Elberfelder 1871	Du, der Quellen entsendet in die Täler; zwischen den Bergen fließen sie dahin;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	et statuit illud Jacob in præceptum, et Israël in testamentum æternum,