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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thous rulest
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
the raging
ge'uwth (Hebrew #1348)
the same as 1346
KJV usage: excellent things, lifting up, majesty, pride, proudly, raging.
Pronounce: gay-ooth'
Origin: from 1342
of the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
: when the waves
gal (Hebrew #1530)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
KJV usage: billow, heap, spring, wave.
Pronounce: gal
Origin: from 1556
thereof arise
sow' (Hebrew #7721)
a rising
KJV usage: arise.
Pronounce: so
Origin: from an unused root (akin to 5375 and 7722) meaning to rise
, thou stillest
shabach (Hebrew #7623)
properly, to address in a loud tone, i.e. (specifically) loud; figuratively, to pacify (as if by words)
KJV usage: commend, glory, keep in, praise, still, triumph.
Pronounce: shaw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
them.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 29:10• 10Jehovah hath sat upon the flood,{HR}Yea, Jehovah sitteth king forever. (Psa. 29:10)
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Psa. 65:7• 7Stilling the roar of seas,{HR}The roar of their waves,{HR}And the tumult of Gentiles. (Psa. 65:7)
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Psa. 66:5‑6• 5Come and see the works of God,{HR}Terrible in dealing toward the sons of men.
6He turned sea to dry land;{HR}Through the river they passed on foot;{HR}There did we be glad in him.
(Psa. 66:5‑6)
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Psa. 93:3‑4• 3The floods (rivers) lifted up,{HR}O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice;{HR}The floods lift up their roaring.
4Above the voices of many mighty waters,{HR}Breakers of the sea, mighty [is] Jehovah on high.
(Psa. 93:3‑4)
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Psa. 107:25‑29• 25And he said,{HR}And there arose a tempestuous wind,{HR}Which lifted up its billows.
26They rise [to] the heavens,{HR}They sink [to] the depths;{HR}Their soul melteth with evil,
27They reel and stagger like the drunkard,{HR}And all their wisdom is confounded.
28And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress,{HR}And out of their straits he bringeth them.
29He stilleth the tempest,{HR}And their billows are silent.
(Psa. 107:25‑29)
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Job 38:8‑11• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
10And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves?
(Job 38:8‑11)
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Nah. 1:4• 4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. (Nah. 1:4)
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Matt. 8:24‑27• 24and behold, [the water] became very agitated on the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he slept.
25And the disciples came and awoke him, saying, Lord save: we perish.
26And he says to them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then, having arisen, he rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
27But the men were astonished, saying, What sort [of man] is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?
(Matt. 8:24‑27)
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Matt. 14:32• 32And when they had gone up into the ship, the wind ceased. (Matt. 14:32)
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Mark 4:39,41• 39And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm.
41And they feared [with] great fear, and said one to another, Who then is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?
(Mark 4:39,41)
 (vv. 9-10) The godly recall the exercise of Jehovah’s power, when at the Red Sea He broke the power of Egypt (“Rahab”), and scattered His enemies with His strong arm. (Psalm 89 by H. Smith)
 He then judges their enemies with justice and judgment (vs. 9-14). (Book 3. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*Thou* rulest the pridek of the sea: when its waves arise, *thou* stillest them.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "fury."

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou rulest in the pride of the sea,{HR}In the arising of its waves thou stillest them.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)