Psalm 104:9 {103:9}
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Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.

hast set

Psalm 33:7 Gathering together the waters of the sea, as in a vessel; laying up the depths in storehouses.

Genesis 9:11-15 I will establish my covenant with you, and all flesh shall be no more destroyed with the waters of a flood, neither shall there be from henceforth a flood to waste the earth. . . .

Job 26:10 He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.

Job 38:10,11 I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors: . . .

Isaiah 54:9 This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.

Jeremiah 5:22 Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

Context
How Many Are Your Works, O LORD!
8The mountains ascend, and the plains descend into the place which thou hast founded for them. 9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass over; neither shall they return to cover the earth.10Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.…
Cross References
Job 38:10
I set my bounds around it, and made it bars and doors:

Job 38:11
And I said: Hitherto thou shalt come, and shalt go no further, and here thou shalt break thy swelling waves.

Proverbs 8:29
I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times;

Jeremiah 5:22
Will not you then fear me, saith the Lord: and will you not repent at my presence? I have set the sand a bound for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over: and the waves thereof shall toss themselves, and shall not prevail: they shall swell, and shall not pass over it.

Lexicon
You set
שַׂ֭מְתָּ (mə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a boundary
גְּֽבוּל־ (gə·ḇū·l·śa-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1366: A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed

they cannot
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

cross;
יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּן (ya·‘ă·ḇō·rūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

they will never
בַּל־ (bal-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 1077: A failure, nothing, not at all, lest

again
יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן (yə·šū·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

cover
לְכַסּ֥וֹת (lə·ḵas·sō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

the earth.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
You set a boundary they cannot cross; they will never again cover the earth.You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

You have set a boundary that they may not pass over; that they don't turn again to cover the earth.

A border Thou hast set, they pass not over, They turn not back to cover the earth.
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