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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:90 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy faithfulness
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
is λunto all
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
generations
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
: thou hast established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
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
, and it μabideth
`amad (Hebrew #5975)
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
KJV usage: abide (behind), appoint, arise, cease, confirm, continue, dwell, be employed, endure, establish, leave, make, ordain, be (over), place, (be) present (self), raise up, remain, repair, + serve, set (forth, over, -tle, up), (make to, make to be at a, with-)stand (by, fast, firm, still, up), (be at a) stay (up), tarry.
Pronounce: aw-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
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to generation and generation,
Psa. 89:1• 1An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 89:1)
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standeth.

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Ministry on This Verse

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faithfulness.
Deut. 7:9• 9And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful *God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments; (Deut. 7:9)
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Mic. 7:20• 20Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old. (Mic. 7:20)
unto all generations.
Heb. to generation and generation.
Psa. 89:1‑2• 1An instruction. Of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving-kindness of Jehovah for ever; with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness from generation to generation.
 2For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. (Psa. 89:1‑2)
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Psa. 100:5• 5For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness endureth for ever; and his faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 100:5)
thou hast
Psa. 89:11• 11Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them. (Psa. 89:11)
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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. 104:5• 5He laid the earth upon its foundations: it shall not be removed for ever. (Psa. 104:5)
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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)
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2 Peter 3:5‑7• 5For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,
 6through which waters the then world, deluged with water, perished.
 7But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:5‑7)
abideth.
Heb. standeth.
• Not only is God’s Word settled in the heavens, but, on earth God is faithful in fulfilling His Word throughout all generations. Moreover, creation is the abiding witness of God’s faithfulness to His Word. All created things continue according to the fixed laws by which they were set in motion. (“Psalm 119:89-96: Division 12 (Lamed)” by H. Smith)
• But God has acted out of heaven, though. His purpose be settled in it. His faithfulness, His abiding by what He is and has said, continues through the changing generations of men. Hence when we have His word, we can reckon upon it as sure as what is in heaven, and changes not as God Himself. He established the earth and it abides. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:73-120” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.