Psalms 119:89

119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.

LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.

KJV

Yahweh, your word is settled in heaven forever.

For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.

119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. unto: Heb. to generation and generation abideth: Heb. standeth

What does Psalms 119:89 mean?

Psalms 119:89 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), דָּבָר (dâbâr).

Hebrew interlinear

LAMED.

For

ever,עוֹלָםʻôwlâm/o-lawm'/H5769properly, 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

LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

thy

wordדָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

settledנָצַבnâtsab/naw-tsab'/H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

heaven.שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/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)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:89.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 3:22

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 6:3

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:7

And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both: Heb. from man unto beast

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 119:89 say?

Psalms 119:89 (King James Version) reads: "LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."

Is Psalms 119:89 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:89 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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