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Psalms 104:17
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Where the birds build their nests,The stork's home is in the fir trees.
Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees.
Wherin the birdes make their nestes: in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth.
Where the birds make their nests; [as for] the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Where the birds make their nests; The stork has her home in the fir trees.
there where the birds nest; the fir trees are the house of the stork;
That's where the birds make their nests, and the storks live in the fir trees.
Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
Where the birds make their nests: as for the Storke, the firre trees are her house.
There make the byrdes their nestes, and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke.
class="poetry"> O my soul, bless God ! God , my God, how great you are! beautifully, gloriously robed, Dressed up in sunshine, and all heaven stretched out for your tent. You built your palace on the ocean deeps, made a chariot out of clouds and took off on wind-wings. You commandeered winds as messengers, appointed fire and flame as ambassadors. You set earth on a firm foundation so that nothing can shake it, ever. You blanketed earth with ocean, covered the mountains with deep waters; Then you roared and the water ran away— your thunder crash put it to flight. Mountains pushed up, valleys spread out in the places you assigned them. You set boundaries between earth and sea; never again will earth be flooded. You started the springs and rivers, sent them flowing among the hills. All the wild animals now drink their fill, wild donkeys quench their thirst. Along the riverbanks the birds build nests, ravens make their voices heard. You water the mountains from your heavenly cisterns; earth is supplied with plenty of water. You make grass grow for the livestock, hay for the animals that plow the ground. Oh yes, God brings grain from the land, wine to make people happy, Their faces glowing with health, a people well-fed and hearty. God 's trees are well-watered— the Lebanon cedars he planted. Birds build their nests in those trees; look—the stork at home in the treetop. Mountain goats climb about the cliffs; badgers burrow among the rocks. The moon keeps track of the seasons, the sun is in charge of each day. When it's dark and night takes over, all the forest creatures come out. The young lions roar for their prey, clamoring to God for their supper. When the sun comes up, they vanish, lazily stretched out in their dens. Meanwhile, men and women go out to work, busy at their jobs until evening. What a wildly wonderful world, God ! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Oh, look—the deep, wide sea, brimming with fish past counting, sardines and sharks and salmon. Ships plow those waters, and Leviathan, your pet dragon, romps in them. All the creatures look expectantly to you to give them their meals on time. You come, and they gather around; you open your hand and they eat from it. If you turned your back, they'd die in a minute— Take back your Spirit and they die, revert to original mud; Send out your Spirit and they spring to life— the whole countryside in bloom and blossom. The glory of God —let it last forever! Let God enjoy his creation! He takes one look at earth and triggers an earthquake, points a finger at the mountains, and volcanoes erupt. Oh, let me sing to God all my life long, sing hymns to my God as long as I live! Oh, let my song please him; I'm so pleased to be singing to God . But clear the ground of sinners— no more godless men and women! O my soul, bless God !
Where the birds make their nests; As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.
Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, on their top are her house.
Where the birds make their nests: [as for] the stork, the fir-trees [are] her house.
where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.
Birds nest in those trees, and storks make their home in the fir trees.
In them sparrows build their nests, while storks live in the fir trees.
That ye birdes may make their nestes there: the storke dwelleth in the firre trees.
There the birds make their nests; as for the stork, her house is in the cypress.
Where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the fir trees.
Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.
The birds make their nests there. The stork has its nest in the green trees.
There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the pines.
In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees.
Where the birds build their nests, The stork, in the fir-trees, hath her house;
(103-17) There the sparrows shall make their nests. The highest of them is the house of the heron.
where birds make their nest. The stork has its home in the fir trees.
In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the juniper trees.
The birds make their nests there; the stork's home is in the fir trees.
There the birds build their nests; the storks nest in the fir trees.
There the birds make their nests; the stork makes its home in the pine trees.
sparewis schulen make nest there. The hous of the gerfaukun is the leeder of tho;
Where birds do make nests, The stork -- the firs [are] her house.
In them the birds build their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the birds: Psalms 104:12, Jeremiah 22:23, Ezekiel 31:6, Daniel 4:21, Obadiah 1:4, Matthew 13:32
as for: Leviticus 11:19, Jeremiah 8:7
the stork: The stork is a species of the ardea or heron genus, about the size of a goose in its body, but when erect, about three or four feet high; its general colour is white; extremity of the wings, and small part of the head, black; legs, very long, red, and naked a great way up; the toes four, long and connected, with flat nails like those of a man; beak long, jagged, red, and somewhat compressed; the upper and under chaps both of a length, with a furrow from the nostrils. It feeds on serpents, frogs, and insects, on which account it might be deemed unclean; lays four eggs, and sits thirty days; migrates about August, and returns in spring; and is remarkable for its love to its parents, whom it never forsakes, but feeds and cherishes when old; whence it had the name chaseedah, which denotes kindness or piety, and stork, from the Greek ףפןסדח, natural affection.
Reciprocal: Job 39:13 - wings and feathers unto the Matthew 8:20 - and
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Where the birds make their nests,.... As they do in large, tall, spreading trees: not any particular "birds", as the sparrow, to which the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and Apollinarius, restrain it: but birds in general are intended; and especially such as build in large trees, as before and after mentioned. Jarchi applies it to the Israelites dwelling among the trees in the garden of Eden: and it may be much better applied to the saints dwelling in the churches, among the trees of righteousness, under the shadow of Gospel ordinances; see Ezekiel 17:23.
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house; where she makes her nest, and brings up her young. Kimchi says it is a large bird, and builds its nest in high trees, as in cedars; but the bird which goes by the name of "pelargus" with the Greeks, and of "ciconia" with the Latins, and of "stork" with us, for the most part builds its nest on the tops of towers and temples w, and the roofs of high houses, and seldom in trees; and when it does, it is in such that are not far from the habitations of men, which it loves to be near: perhaps the reason of its not building on houses in Palestine might be because their roofs were flat and frequented, and therefore built on high trees there, as fir trees and cedars. And Olympiodorus x says it does not lay its eggs on the ground, but on high trees; and Michaelis on the text attests, that he himself had seen, in many places in Germany, storks nests on very high and dry oaks. It has its name in Hebrew from a word y which signifies "holy", "merciful", and "beneficent"; because of the great care which it takes of its dam when grown old z: and a like behaviour among men is called piety by the apostle, 1 Timothy 5:4. But in the Chaldee tongue, and so in the Targum, it has its name from its whiteness; for though its wings are black, the feathers of its body are white: and so Virgil a describes it as a white bird, and as an enemy to serpents; for which reason the Thessalians forbad the killing them, on pain of banishment b. It was an unclean bird, according to the ceremonial law,
Leviticus 11:19. Good men are called by the same name, holy and beneficent; and though they are unclean by nature, yet Christ, the green fir tree, Hosea 14:8 is the house of their habitation; in him they dwell by faith, who receives sinners, and eats with them,
Luke 15:2. It is usual with the Latin poets to call the nests of birds their houses c.
w Vid. Turnebi Adversar. l. 8. c. 18. & Praetorii Disp. Histor. Physic. de Crotalistria, c. 6. Heldelin. in ibid. c. 11. x Apud Bachart. Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 2. c. 29. col. 330. y חסידה a חסד Buxtorf. Lexic. fol. 247. z Solinus, c. 53. Aelian. de Animal. l. 3. c. 23. a "Candida venit avis longis invisa colubris", Georgic. l. 2. b Plutarch. de Iside et Osir. prope finem. c "Frondiferasque domos avium", Lucret. l. 1. v. 19. "Antiquasque domos avium", Virgil. Georgic. l. 2. v. 209.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Where the birds make their nests - Furnishing a home for the birds where they may breed their young. In Psalms 104:12, the birds are introduced as singing among the foliage of trees and shrubs by the water-courses; here they are introduced as having their home in the lofty cedars in places which God had made for them. The word rendered “birds” here is the word which in Psalms 84:3 is translated “sparrow,” and which is commonly used to denote “small birds.” Compare Leviticus 14:4 (margin), and Leviticus 14:5-7, Leviticus 14:49-53. It is used, however, to denote birds of any kind. See Genesis 7:14; Psalms 8:8; Psalms 11:1; Psalms 148:10.
As for the stork - See the notes at Job 39:13.
The fir trees are her house - Her retreat; her abode. The stork here is used to represent the larger class of birds. The meaning is, that they build their nests among the fir-trees or cypresses. See the notes at Isaiah 14:8; notes at Isaiah 41:19. So Milton says:
“The eagle and the stork
On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build.”
They build their nests, however, not only on fir and pine trees, but on houses and castles. Dr. Thomson (“Land and the Book,” vol. i. p. 504), says of them, “These singular birds do not breed in Syria, but pass over it to Asia Minor, and into Northwestern Europe, where they not only build in fir and pine trees upon the mountains, but also enter cities and villages, and make their nests on houses, castles, and minarets.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 104:17. Where the birds make their nests — צפרים tsipporim signifies swallows, sparrows, and small birds in general; here opposed to the חסידה chasidah or stork. Perhaps the heron may be understood, which is said to be the first of all birds to build her nest, and she builds it on the very highest trees. The general meaning is, that God has provided shelter and support for the greatest and smallest birds; they are all objects of his providential regard.
