Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Psalms 90:2 in other translations
| BSB | Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God. |
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| WEB | Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. |
| ASV | Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. |
| YLT | Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou art God. |
| DARBY | Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity thou art God. |
| BBE | Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God. |
| Webster | Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. |
What does Psalms 90:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 90:1-6
It is supposed that this psalm refers to the sentence passed on Israel in the wilderness, Nu 14. The favour and protection of God are the only sure rest and comfort of the soul in this evil world. Christ Jesus is the refuge and dwelling-place to which we may repair. We are dying creatures, all our comforts in the world are dying comforts, but God is an ever-living God, and believers find him so. When God, by…
Psalms 90:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 90:2
- Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
- Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- Psalms 102:24-27
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. 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: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
- Revelation 1:8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
- Psalms 93:2
Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
- Psalms 33:9
For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
- 1 Timothy 6:15-16
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- Hebrews 1:10-12
And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
- Habakkuk 1:12
Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- Psalms 146:6
Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
- Job 38:28-29
Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 90:1
A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
- Psalms 90:2
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
- Psalms 90:3
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Psalms 90:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Antes que naciesen los montes, y formases la tierra y el mundo, y desde el siglo y hasta el siglo, tú eres Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Avant que les montagnes soient nées et que tu aies formé la terre et le monde, d’éternité en éternité tu es ✶Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ehe geboren waren die Berge, und du die Erde und den Erdkreis erschaffen hattest-ja, von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit bist du Gott. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dicet Domino: Susceptor meus es tu, et refugium meum; Deus meus, sperabo in eum. |