Holy Scripture

Psalms 103:8

A church father on this verse
“God is not an expression, and he does not have his essence in voice or utterance. God is of himself what also he is believed to be. He is named by those who call on him, not what he is essentially (for the nature of him who alone is unspeakable), but he receives his names from what are believed to be his works in rega…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — ANSWER TO EUNOMIUS'S SECOND BOOK

Source: Septuagint

Original

8They go up to the mountains, and down to the plains, To the place which thou hast founded for them.

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6The deep, as it were a garment, is his covering: The waters shall stand on the hills.

7At thy rebuke they shall flee; At the voice of thy thunder they shall be alarmed.

— Psalms 103:8 —

9Thou hast set a bound which they shall not pass, Neither shall they turn again to cover the earth.

10He sends forth his fountains among the valleys: The waters shall run between the mountains.

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