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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
are thine, 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
also is thine: as for the world
tebel (Hebrew #8398)
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Pronounce: tay-bale'
Origin: from 2986
and the fulness
mlo' (Hebrew #4393)
or mlow (Ezekiel 41:8), {mel-o'}; from 4390; fulness (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X all along, X all that is (there-)in, fill, (X that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand- )full, multitude.
Pronounce: mel-o'
Origin: rarely mlowf {mel-o'}
thereof, thou hast founded
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
them.

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Earth,
Heaven,
The World

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 24:1‑2• 1<<A Psalm of David.>> The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
 2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. (Psa. 24:1‑2)
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Psa. 50:12• 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. (Psa. 50:12)
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Psa. 115:16• 16The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. (Psa. 115:16)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Gen. 2:1• 1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (Gen. 2:1)
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1 Chron. 29:11• 11Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. (1 Chron. 29:11)
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Job 41:11• 11Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. (Job 41:11)
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1 Cor. 10:26,28• 26For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
 28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: (1 Cor. 10:26,28)
• Heaven and earth are His, though till Christ comes we cannot say, Possessor of heaven and earth. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.11-12} Jehovah is the possessor of heaven and earth by His rights as Creator. (“Psalms 89” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, *thou* hast founded them.