Psalm 104:5

Foundations, pillars & stability

Psalms (Old Testament) · Hymn / Creation Psalm

Verse & chapter context

World English Bible (verified corpus)

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What the passage explicitly says

God laid the foundations (מְכוֹנֶיהָ / yesod-language) of the earth so that it should not be moved forever.

What requires interpretation

The literal wording is 'not be moved forever'. Whether the psalm intends celestial mechanics or covenant stability is interpretation.

Flat-circle interpretation

A founded, stationary earth resting on immovable foundations.

Globe-compatible interpretation

Poetic language of stability and covenant reliability, not planetary immobility — as with 'you shall not be moved' promises to the righteous.

Original-language study

יְסוֹד
yesod / mosad · H3247
Hebrew

Foundation; base of a structure.

Brown–Driver–Briggs (BibleHub reprint)
אֶרֶץ
erets · H776
Hebrew

Earth; land; the ground or a defined territory.

Brown–Driver–Briggs (BibleHub reprint)

Questions for further study

  • What does 'foundations' mean in Ancient Near Eastern cosmological imagery?
  • How does Psalm 104 build on Genesis 1?
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Personal notes

Scripture text: World English Bible (public domain) — Heavens Declare verified corpus. Every verse on this page is rendered from the verified corpus already ingested into Heavens Declare — not from the discovery article.

Verse discovery: BibleStudyTools — Bible Verses About Flat Earth Secondary topical-index reference used only to seed the verse list. Not the source of Scripture text or lexical claims. Retrieved 2026-07-26.