Psalms 102:25
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
KJV
Of old didst thou lay the foundation of the earth; And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
ASV
אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗/י אַֽל תַּ֭עֲלֵ/נִי בַּ/חֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑/י בְּ/ד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽי/ךָ
Hebrew
Beforetime the earth Thou didst found, And the work of Thy hands are the heavens.
YLT
Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
חֲצִ֣י
chtsy
noun · 122×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כֶ֔ם
km
noun · 164×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Heb 1:10 · adapted"And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:"Psalm 102: you Lord laid the foundation of the earth — applied to the Son
Themes
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Moses in the beginning of the history and writings of the Old Testament speaks to us of the objects of sense, and enumerates them to us at length. For, In the beginning, he says, God made the heaven and the earth, and then he adds, that light was created, and a second heaven and the stars, the various kinds of living creatures, and, that we may not delay by going through par…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210214.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Chapter 24.—Passages from the Psalms of David Which Predict the End of the World and the Last Judgment. There are many allusions to the last judgment in the Psalms, but for the most part only casual and slight. I cannot, however, omit 444 to mention what is said there in express terms of the end of this world: “In the beginning hast Thou laid the foundations of the earth, O Lor…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 16:26 — For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- 1Sam 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’
- 2Kgs 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven an
- Col 1:16 — For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by hi
- Exod 20:11 — For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Gen 2:1 — Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
- Heb 1:10 — And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
- Heb 1:10 — And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
- Heb 3:3 — For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
- Isa 34:4 — And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig fro
- Isa 40:12 — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a
- Isa 40:22 — It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
- Isa 42:5 — Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit
- Isa 45:12 — I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
- Isa 48:13 — Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
- Isa 51:6 — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in li
- Jer 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
- Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Jer 32:17 — Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
- Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
- John 1:3 — All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
- Lam 5:19 — Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
- Mark 13:31 — Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Mic 5:2 — But 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, f
- Prov 8:23 — I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
- Prov 8:25 — Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
- Ps 96:5 — For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- Rev 1:4 — John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
- Zech 12:1 — The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.