the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Psalms 90:2
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Before the mountains were bornOr You brought forth the earth and the world,Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Before the moutaynes were brought foorth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made: thou art God both from euerlastyng, and also vntyll euerlastyng.
Before the mountains were brought forth, and thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from eternity to eternity 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.
Before the mountains were born, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
You were God before the mountains were born, before the earth and the world were made. You have always been and will always be 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.
Before the mountaines were broughtforth, or euer thou hadst formed the earth and the world: euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art 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 mountaynes were brought forth, or euer the earth & the worlde were made, thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde withoute ende.
Before the mountains were born Or before You had given birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are [the eternal] 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 made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, Or you had ever 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.
Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
You have always been God— long before the birth of the mountains, even before you created the earth and the world.
Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, from eternity past to eternity future you are God.
Before the mountaines were made, and before thou hadst formed the earth, and the world, euen from euerlasting to euerlasting thou art our 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 eretz 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,
Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, forever and ever, You are God.
Before the mountains existed, and before the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, Thou art.
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 born or You brought forth the earth and world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Before, the mountains, were born, Or thou hadst brought forth the earth and the world, Even, from age to age, thou, wast GOD.
(89-2) Before the mountains were made, or the earth and the world was formed; from eternity and to eternity thou art God.
Before the mountains were born and you brought forth the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
Before the mountains were born and before you created the earth and the world, you are God. You have always been, and you will always be.
Before you created the hills or brought the world into being, you were eternally God, and will be God forever.
Before the mountains were born, before You gave birth to the earth and the world, from eternity to eternity, You are God.
Bifore that hillis weren maad, ether the erthe and the world was formed; fro the world and in to the world thou art God.
Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou [art] God.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
Contextual Overview
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
Lord, through all the generations you have been our home! 2 Before the mountains were born, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, from beginning to end, you are God. 3 You turn people back to dust, saying, "Return to dust, you mortals!" 4 For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours. 5 You sweep people away like dreams that disappear. They are like grass that springs up in the morning. 6 In the morning it blooms and flourishes, but by evening it is dry and withered.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Before: Job 38:4-6, Job 38:28, Job 38:29, Proverbs 8:25, Proverbs 8:26
or ever: Psalms 33:9, Psalms 146:6, Genesis 1:1
even from: Psalms 93:2, Psalms 102:24-27, Psalms 103:17, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 57:15, Micah 5:2, Habakkuk 1:12, 1 Timothy 6:15, 1 Timothy 6:16, Hebrews 1:10-12, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 1:8
thou: Isaiah 45:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - the generations Genesis 21:33 - everlasting Exodus 3:14 - I AM hath Deuteronomy 33:27 - eternal Job 10:5 - General Job 15:7 - or wast thou Job 36:26 - neither Psalms 9:7 - But Psalms 55:19 - even Psalms 102:12 - thou Isaiah 43:13 - before Lamentations 5:19 - remainest Daniel 4:34 - him Daniel 7:9 - the Ancient Habakkuk 3:6 - his John 5:26 - hath life Romans 1:20 - even his 1 Timothy 1:17 - the King Hebrews 1:11 - thou 1 John 2:13 - him that Revelation 1:4 - him
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Before the mountains were brought forth,.... Or "were born" b, and came forth out of the womb and bowels of the earth, and were made to rise and stand up at the command of God, as they did when he first created the earth; and are mentioned not only because of their firmness and stability, but their antiquity: hence we read of the ancient mountains and everlasting hills, Genesis 49:26, for they were before the flood, and as soon as the earth was; or otherwise the eternity of God would not be so fully expressed by this phrase as it is here, and elsewhere the eternity of Christ, Proverbs 8:25, or "ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world"; the whole terraqueous globe, and all the inhabitants of it; so the Targum; or "before the earth brought forth; or thou causedst it to bring forth" c its herbs, plants, and trees, as on the third day:
even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God; and so are his love, grace, and mercy towards his people, and his covenant with them; and this is as true of Jehovah the Son as of the Father, whose eternity is described in the same manner as his; see Proverbs 8:22, and may be concluded from his name, the everlasting Father; from his having the same nature and perfections with his Father; from his concern in eternal election, in the everlasting covenant of grace, and in the creation of all things; and his being the eternal and unchangeable I AM, yesterday, today, and for ever, is matter of comfort to his people.
b ילדו "nascerentur", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Michaelis; so Ainsworth; "geniti essent", Piscator, Gejerus. c ותחולל ארץ "antequam parturiret terra", Syr. "aut peperisses terram", Piscator, Amama.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Before the mountains were brought forth - Before the earth brought forth or produced the mountains. In the description of the creation it would be natural to represent the mountains as the first objects that appeared, as emerging from the waters; and, therefore, as the “first” or “most ancient” of created objects. The phrase, therefore, is equivalent to saying, Before the earth was created. The literal meaning of the expression, “were brought forth,” is, in the Hebrew, “were born.” The mountains are mentioned as the most ancient things in creation, in Deuteronomy 33:15. Compare Genesis 49:26; Habakkuk 3:6.
Or ever thou hadst formed - literally, “hadst brought forth.” Compare Job 39:1.
The earth and the world - The word “earth” here is used to denote the world as distinguished either from heaven Genesis 1:1, or from the sea Genesis 1:10. The term “world” in the original is commonly employed to denote the earth considered as “inhabited,” or as capable of being inhabited - a dwelling place for living beings.
Even from everlasting to everlasting - From duration stretching backward without limit to duration stretching forward without limit; that is, from eternal ages to eternal ages; or, forever.
Thou art God - Or, “Thou, O God.” The idea is, that he was always, and ever will be, God: the God; the true God; the only God; the unchangeable God. At any period in the past, during the existence of the earth, or the heavens, or before either was formed, he existed, with all the attributes essential to Deity; at any period in the future - during the existence of the earth and the heavens, or beyond - far as the mind can reach into the future, and even beyond that - he will still exist unchanged, with all the attributes of Deity. The creation of the universe made no change in him; its destruction would not vary the mode of his existence, or make him in any respect a different being. There could not be a more absolute and unambiguous declaration, as there could not be one more sublime, of the eternity of God. The mind cannot take in a grander thought than that there is one eternal and immutable Being.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 90:2. Before the mountains were brought forth — The mountains and hills appear to have been everlasting; but as they were brought forth out of the womb of eternity, there was a time when they were not: but THOU hast been ab aeternitate a parte ante, ad aeternitatem a parte post; from the eternity that is past, before time began; to the eternity that is after, when time shall have an end. This is the highest description of the eternity of God to which human language can reach.
