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Psalm 104

Psa. 104:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ηWho laid
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
the foundations
makown (Hebrew #4349)
properly, a fixture, i.e. a basis; generally a place, especially as an abode
KJV usage: foundation, habitation, (dwelling-, settled) place.
Pronounce: maw-kone'
Origin: from 3559
of the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, that it should not be removed
mowt (Hebrew #4131)
to waver; by implication , to slip, shake, fall
KJV usage: be carried, cast, be out of course, be fallen in decay, X exceedingly, fall(-ing down), be (re-)moved, be ready, shake, slide, slip.
Pronounce: mote
Origin: a primitive root
for ever
`ad (Hebrew #5703)
properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or without a preposition)
KJV usage: eternity, ever(- lasting, -more), old, perpetually, + world without end.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: from 5710
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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He hath founded the earth upon her bases.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Who laid the foundations of the earth.
Heb. He hath foundedthe earth upon her bases.
Psa. 24:2• 2For it was he that founded it upon seas, and established it upon floods. (Psa. 24:2)
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Psa. 33:9• 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:9)
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Psa. 136:6• 6To him that stretched out the earth above the waters, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:6)
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Job 26:7• 7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, he hangeth the earth upon nothing; (Job 26:7)
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Job 38:4‑7• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
 6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? (Job 38:4‑7)
that it.
Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. (Psa. 96:10)
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Eccl. 1:4• 4One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth standeth for ever. (Eccl. 1:4)
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2 Peter 3:10• 10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up. (2 Peter 3:10)
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Rev. 6:14• 14And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places. (Rev. 6:14)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. (Rev. 20:11)
• (vv. 5-9) In the verses that follow the psalmist recalls the first portion of the third day’s work. He thinks of the day when at the “rebuke” of the Lord the waters were gathered into one place, and the dry land appeared. (“Psalms 104” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever.