You covered it with the deep
as if it were a garment;
the water stood above the mountains.(A)
At your rebuke the water fled;
at the sound of your thunder they hurried away(B)
mountains rose and valleys sank[a]
to the place you established for them.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 104:7–8 Or away. They flowed over the mountains and went down valleys

You covered it(A) with the watery depths(B) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(C) above the mountains.
But at your rebuke(D) the waters fled,
    at the sound of your thunder(E) they took to flight;
they flowed over the mountains,
    they went down into the valleys,
    to the place you assigned(F) for them.

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