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You make the winds your messengers;
    flaming fire, your ministers.(A)

II

[a]You fixed the earth on its foundation,
    so it can never be shaken.
The deeps covered it like a garment;
    above the mountains stood the waters.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

He makes winds his messengers,[a](A)
    flames of fire(B) his servants.

He set the earth(C) on its foundations;(D)
    it can never be moved.
You covered it(E) with the watery depths(F) as with a garment;
    the waters stood(G) above the mountains.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 104:4 Or angels