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Psalm 90

Psa. 90:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Beforer the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
were brought forth
yalad (Hebrew #3205)
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
KJV usage: bear, beget, birth((-day)), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
Pronounce: yaw-lad'
Origin: a primitive root
, or ever thou hadst formed
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
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 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
, even from everlasting
`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'}
to
`ad (Hebrew #5704)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
KJV usage: against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-)to, + how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, (+ as) yet.
Pronounce: ad
Origin: properly, the same as 5703 (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition)
everlasting
`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'}
, thou art God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
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Prov. 8:25‑26• 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
 26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. (Prov. 8:25‑26)

More on:

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Earth,
Everlasting,
God,
Mountain Mount,
The World

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Before.
Job 38:4‑6,28‑29• 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,
 28Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb cometh the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who bringeth it forth? (Job 38:4‑6,28‑29)
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Prov. 8:25‑26• 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
 26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. (Prov. 8:25‑26)
or ever.
Psa. 33:9• 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:9)
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Psa. 146:6• 6Who made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is therein; who keepeth truth for ever; (Psa. 146:6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
even from.
Psa. 93:2• 2Thy throne is established of old; thou art from eternity. (Psa. 93:2)
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Psa. 102:24‑27• 24I said, My *God, take me not away in the midst of my days! … Thy years are from generation to generation.
 25Of old hast thou founded the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands:
 26*They* shall perish, but *thou* continuest; and all of them shall grow old as a garment: as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed.
 27But thou art the Same, and thy years shall have no end. (Psa. 102:24‑27)
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Psa. 103:17• 17But the loving-kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting and to everlasting, upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children, (Psa. 103:17)
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Isa. 44:6• 6Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. (Isa. 44:6)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Mic. 5:2• 2(And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me who is to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.) (Mic. 5:2)
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Hab. 1:12• 12--Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction. (Hab. 1:12)
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1 Tim. 6:15‑16• 15which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;
 16who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:15‑16)
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Heb. 1:10‑12• 10And, *Thou* in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.
 11They shall perish, but *thou* continuest still; and they all shall grow old as a garment,
 12and as a covering shalt thou roll them up, and they shall be changed; but *thou* art the Same, and thy years shall not fail. (Heb. 1:10‑12)
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Heb. 13:8• 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages to come. (Heb. 13:8)
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Rev. 1:8• 8I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, he who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. (Rev. 1:8)
thou.
Isa. 45:22• 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am *God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)
• (vv. 2-6) Having stated the ground of his confidence in appealing to God, the psalmist draws a contrast between the eternal God and mortal man. (“Psalms 90” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Before the mountains were brought forthb, and thou hadst formedc the earth and the worldd, even from eternity to eternity thou art *God.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Or "given birth to," same in Hebrew as "begot" in Deut. 32.18.
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Or "brought forth," as Deut. 32.18; Prov. 8.24,25.
d
See 1 Sam. 2.8.