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Psalm 104:12

The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.

10He sends springs into the valleys. They run among the mountains.
11They give drink to every animal of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
12The birds of the sky nest by them. They sing among the branches.
13He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
14He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may produce food out of the earth:
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Notice

Birdsong among the branches draws attention to small lives sustained beside the springs God sends, making an ordinary sound part of the psalm’s praise.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 104:17where the birds make their nests. The stork makes its home in the cypress trees.Both verses describe birds making nests, with branches here and a cypress home for the stork there.
Psalm 50:11I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.Both passages include birds in God’s relation to his creatures: he knows them, and they nest beside the springs he sends.
Psalm 148:10wild animals and all livestock, small creatures and flying birds,Both passages name birds among the earth’s creatures, though Psalm 104:12 adds the details of nesting and song.
Matthew 13:32which indeed is smaller than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in …Both passages describe birds finding lodging among branches, an ordinary feature of trees used within different settings.
Matthew 8:20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”Both texts speak of birds having nests; Jesus contrasts their shelter with his own lack of a resting place.
Matthew 6:26See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than …Both passages describe provision for birds: nesting places beside God’s springs in the psalm, and food from the Father in Matthew.
Psalm 104:16–17The LORD’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,Both verses belong to the psalm’s account of a watered landscape, where trees grow and birds nest among branches.
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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Spend five minutes outdoors listening for birds

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Encouragement

The birds have a place in this account of God’s works. Their nests and songs belong within a world watered by his hand.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).