“The mountains ascend, and the plains descend. He signifies the rush of the waters, because after the manner of mountains the waters rise up on high, and again are brought low.”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 30, on Psalm 103
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8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
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6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
— Psalms 104:8 —
9Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
10He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.