Psalms 104:7 - Exposition

At thy rebuke they fled . It required only a few words from God ( Genesis 1:9 ) for the whole surface of the earth to be changed. The waters "fled"—they shifted their place—removed from some portions of the earth's surface, and "gathered themselves together" into others, allowing the dry land to appear. Elevations and depressions of the land must have at the same time occurred. At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away (comp. Job 40:9 , "Hast thou an arm like God, or canst thou thunder with a voice like his? "). The voice of God, especially when he speaks in "rebuke," is as thunder,