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Psalms 90:2

90:1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. A Prayer: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of Moses in: Heb. in generation and generation

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

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

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

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

What does Psalms 90:2 mean?

Psalms 90:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include הַר (har), יָלַד (yâlad), חוּל (chûwl).

Hebrew interlinear

Before

the

mountainsהַרhar/har/H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

were

brought

forth,יָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/H3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

or

ever

thou

hadst

formedחוּלchûwl/khool/H2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

the

earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

and

the

world,תֵּבֵלtêbêl/tay-bale'/H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

even

from

everlastingעוֹלָםʻôwlâm/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

toעַדʻad/ad/H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

everlasting,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

thou

art

God.אֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 90:2.

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

1 Chronicles 16:30

Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.

And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. for the: or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to day

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. grove: or, tree

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. decreased: Heb. were in going and decreasing

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 90:2 say?

Psalms 90:2 (King James Version) reads: "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

Is Psalms 90:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 90:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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