The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 104:10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

He sendeth the springs into the valleys; rather, into the water courses, or torrent beds—dry for the greater part of the year, but deriving life and beauty from the springs which, after rain has fallen, flow into them.

Which run among the hills; literally, between the hills (i.e. the hill slopes on either side) they wend their way.

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