Psa 104:6 | KingComments | STEP | What the psalmist describes in does correspond to God’s work described in Genesis 1, but he does it poetically. We are reminded of the third day of creation. The dry land comes forth ( ; cf. ). God “established the earth upon its foundations” (cf. ; ). The LORD is the Creator of heaven and earth. He is also the Sustainer of creation, for the earth “will not totter forever and ever”. In we see a reference to the history of the flood ( ). In this too we recognize the hand of the LORD ( ). The historical flood is denied in the end time, the time in which we live ( ). The psalmist depicts the end of the flood by depicting that God rebukes the waters ( ). Then they hurry away. They rush off, hastened to do so by the sound of God’s thunder. After the power of God in the flood, the mountains rose up and the valleys sank down in the place that God had “established for them” ( ). When He brought forth the dry, He gave the waters of the sea their place in the valleys, among other things, as oceans. The sea is under the authority of God. In His power over the sea, He has set a boundary on the water ( ; ). The earth will not be covered by water again. That there was a worldwide flood was due to the wickedness of man. Then God said that He will not destroy the world by water again ( ). That does not mean that God’s judgment will not come upon the earth once again if man persists in his sin. However, that judgment will not come by a new flood, but by fire. Peter says that “the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water”, but that “the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction” ( ).

‏ Psalms 104:6

A Boundary Set On the Sea

What the psalmist describes in Psa 104:5 does correspond to God’s work described in Genesis 1, but he does it poetically. We are reminded of the third day of creation. The dry land comes forth (Gen 1:9-10; cf. Job 38:4-6). God “established the earth upon its foundations” (cf. 1Sam 2:8; Psa 96:10b). The LORD is the Creator of heaven and earth. He is also the Sustainer of creation, for the earth “will not totter forever and ever”.

In Psa 104:6 we see a reference to the history of the flood (Gen 7:17-20). In this too we recognize the hand of the LORD (Gen 7:4). The historical flood is denied in the end time, the time in which we live (2Pet 3:3-6).

The psalmist depicts the end of the flood by depicting that God rebukes the waters (Psa 104:7). Then they hurry away. They rush off, hastened to do so by the sound of God’s thunder.

After the power of God in the flood, the mountains rose up and the valleys sank down in the place that God had “established for them” (Psa 104:8). When He brought forth the dry, He gave the waters of the sea their place in the valleys, among other things, as oceans.

The sea is under the authority of God. In His power over the sea, He has set a boundary on the water (Psa 104:9; Job 38:8-11). The earth will not be covered by water again. That there was a worldwide flood was due to the wickedness of man. Then God said that He will not destroy the world by water again (Gen 9:11-17).

That does not mean that God’s judgment will not come upon the earth once again if man persists in his sin. However, that judgment will not come by a new flood, but by fire. Peter says that “the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water”, but that “the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction” (2Pet 3:6-7).