KJV King James Version
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
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Psalm 104:8
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—
WEB World English Bible
The mountains rose, the valleys sank down, to the place which you had assigned to them.
ASV American Standard Version
(The mountains rose, the valleys sank down) Unto the place which thou hadst founded for them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They go up hills—they go down valleys, Unto a place Thou hast founded for them.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
5 [Who] laid the foundations of the earth, [that] it should not be removed for ever.
6 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.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys, [which] run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
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