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Psalms 74:12

74:11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom.
For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth.

74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. divide: Heb. break dragons: or, whales

What does Psalms 74:12 mean?

Psalms 74:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), מֶלֶךְ (melek), קֶדֶם (qedem).

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Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
is
my
Kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
old,קֶדֶםqedem/keh'-dem/H6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)
workingפָּעַלpâʻal/paw-al'/H6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
salvationיְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâh/yesh-oo'-aw/H3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
in
the
midstקֶרֶבqereb/keh'-reb/H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
of
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earth.אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 74:12.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:2

And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:22

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

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What does Psalms 74:12 say?

Psalms 74:12 (King James Version) reads: "For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth."

Is Psalms 74:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 74:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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