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Psalms 104:10
He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community while detailing God’s active provision immediately after describing how He fixed the boundary of the primal waters. The words — מְשַׁלֵּחַ (meshalleach) means “the one who sends forth,” and מַעְיָנִים (ma'yanim) translates as “springs.” The thread — The pattern of God placing water sources in lowlands and arid regions runs through Isaiah 41:18, Psalm 107:35, and Isaiah 35:7. Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that God deliberately places water in specific depressions, demanding a response of recognition to His sustained order rather than passive observation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 41:18 I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.
- Psalms 107:35 He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
- Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
- Deuteronomy 8:7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;