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Psalms 102:25

102:24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.
Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

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Of old, you laid the foundation of the earth. The heavens are the work of your hands.

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands.

102:26 They 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: endure: Heb. stand

What does Psalms 102:25 mean?

Psalms 102:25 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּנִים (pânîym), יָסַד (yâçad), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets).

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Of
oldפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
hast
thou
laid
the
foundationיָסַדyâçad/yaw-sad'/H3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
of
the
earth:אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
and
the
heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
are
the
workמַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăseh/mah-as-eh'/H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
of
thy
hands.יָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 102:25.

1 Samuel 14:13

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.

2 Samuel 18:9

And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

2 Samuel 21:9

And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

Deuteronomy 2:25

This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

Exodus 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus 34:24

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. as: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes dealt: Heb. afflicted her

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What does Psalms 102:25 say?

Psalms 102:25 (King James Version) reads: "Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands."

Is Psalms 102:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 102:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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