Psalms 89:12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psalms 89:12 in other translations
| BSB | North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. |
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| WEB | You have created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. |
| ASV | The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. |
| YLT | North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. |
| DARBY | The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon triumph in thy name. |
| BBE | You have made the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon are sounding with joy at your name. |
| Webster | The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. |
What does Psalms 89:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 89:8-14
8-14. To illustrate His power and faithfulness examples are cited from history. His control of the sea (the most mighty and unstable object in nature), and of Egypt (Psa 87:4), the first great foe of Israel (subjected to utter helplessness from pride and insolence), are specimens. At the same time, the whole frame of nature founded and sustained by Him, Tabor and Hermon for "east and west," and "north and south,"…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 89:5-14
The more God's works are known, the more they are admired. And to praise the Lord, is to acknowledge him to be such a one that there is none like him. Surely then we should feel and express reverence when we worship God. But how little of this appears in our congregations, and how much cause have we to humble ourselves on this account! That almighty power which smote Egypt, will scatter the enemies of the church…
Psalms 89:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 89:12
- Job 26:7
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
- Joshua 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
- Joshua 19:22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
- Deuteronomy 3:8-9
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- Judges 4:6
And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh–naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
- Psalms 133:3
As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- Judges 4:12
And they shewed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor.
- Psalms 98:8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
- Isaiah 49:13
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
- Psalms 65:12-13
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
- Jeremiah 46:18
As I live, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
- Isaiah 55:12-13
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
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Context
- Psalms 89:11
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
- Psalms 89:12
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- Psalms 89:13
Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
Psalms 89:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Al aquilón y al austro tú los criaste: Tabor y Hermón cantarán en tu nombre. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À toi les cieux, et à toi la terre; le monde et tout ce qu’il contient, toi tu l’as fondé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Norden und Süden, du hast sie erschaffen; Tabor und Hermon jubeln in deinem Namen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | dinumerare? Dexteram tuam sic notam fac, et eruditos corde in sapientia. |