Psalm 104:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 setting the beams of your chambers upon the waters.[a]
You make the clouds your chariot;
traveling on the wings of the wind.
4 You make the winds your messengers;
flaming fire, your ministers.(A)
II
5 [b]You fixed the earth on its foundation,
so it can never be shaken.
Footnotes
- 104:3 Your chambers upon the waters: God’s heavenly dwelling above the upper waters of the sky, cf. Gn 1:6–7; Ps 29:10.
- 104:5–9 God places the gigantic disk of the earth securely on its foundation and then, as a warrior, chases away the enveloping waters and confines them under, above, and around the earth.
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