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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 highest part of the dust of the world. (Prov. 8:25‑26)

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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 laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
 6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
 28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
 29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? (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 highest part of the dust of the world. (Prov. 8:25‑26)
or ever.
Psa. 33:9• 9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:9)
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Psa. 146:6• 6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: (Psa. 146:6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
even from.
Psa. 93:2• 2Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. (Psa. 93:2)
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Psa. 102:24‑27• 24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
 26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like 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 mercy of the Lord is from everlasting 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 the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord 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, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 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• 2But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. (Mic. 5:2)
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Hab. 1:12• 12Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. (Hab. 1:12)
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1 Tim. 6:15‑16• 15Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
 16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. (1 Tim. 6:15‑16)
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Heb. 1:10‑12• 10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
 11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
 12And as a vesture shalt thou fold 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 the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Heb. 13:8)
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Rev. 1:8• 8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which 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.