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Psalms 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

KJV

Dicet Domino : Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum ; Deus meus, sperabo in eum.

Vulgate

ἐρεῖ τῷ θεῷ Ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου εἶ· καὶ καταφυγή μου ὁ θεός μου, ἐλπιῶ ἐπ’ αὐτόν.

LXX

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

ASV

בְּ/טֶ֤רֶם הָ֘רִ֤ים יֻלָּ֗דוּ וַ/תְּח֣וֹלֵֽל אֶ֣רֶץ וְ/תֵבֵ֑ל וּֽ/מֵ/עוֹלָ֥ם עַד ע֝וֹלָ֗ם אַתָּ֥ה אֵֽל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
טֶ֣רֶם
trm
adverb · 56×
ן
n
verb · 61×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
תֵּבֵ֥ל
tbl
noun · 36×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. This is the only Psalm attributed to Moses. It meditates on the eternity of God in contrast with the brevity and frailty of human life. A thousand years in God's sight are but as yesterday. The days of our years are threescore years and ten — yet even the length of days is filled with labor and sorrow. Therefore Moses …
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, is the first and the last.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:13 — I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye hav
  • 1Tim 1:17 — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
  • 1Tim 6:15 — Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
  • 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • Dan 7:9 — I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wh
  • Exod 3:14 — And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
  • 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 21:33 — And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
  • Hab 1:12 — Art 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 — Art 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 3:6 — He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
  • 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 1:11 — They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
  • Heb 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  • Heb 13:8 — Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
  • Isa 40:28 — Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
  • Isa 43:13 — Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
  • Isa 44:6 — Thus 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 45:22 — Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
  • Isa 57:15 — For 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 t
  • Isa 57:15 — For 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 t
  • Job 10:5 — Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,
  • Job 15:7 — Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
  • Job 15:7 — Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
  • Job 36:26 — Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
  • Job 38:4 — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
  • Job 38:28 — Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
  • John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • Lam 5:19 — Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation.
  • 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 8:25 — Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
  • Prov 8:25 — Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
  • Ps 33:9 — For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
  • Ps 93:2 — Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
  • Ps 93:2 — Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
  • Ps 102:24 — I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
  • Ps 103:17 — But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
  • Ps 146:6 — Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
  • 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;