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Psalms 102:25
25Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands.
Psalms 102:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
- New International Version (NIV)In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Of old You laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.
Context of Psalms 102:25
23He has weakened my strength along the way. He has reduced ⌞the number of⌟ my days. 24I said, “My God, don’t take me now in the middle of my life. Your years ⌞continue on⌟ throughout every generation. Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth. Even the heavens are the works of your hands. 26They will come to an end, but you will still go on. They will all wear out like clothing. You will change them like clothes, and they will be thrown away. 27But you remain the same, and your life will never end.
Read all of Psalms 102Psalms 102:25 word by word
לְ֭פָנִים הָאָ֣רֶץ יָסַ֑דְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:25
- Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
- Genesis 2:1Heaven and earth and everything in them were finished.
- Exodus 20:11In six days the Lord made heaven, earth, and the sea, along with everything in them. He didn’t work on the seventh day. That’s why the Lord blessed the day he stopped his work and set this day apart as holy.
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have ⌞such⌟ insight.
- Proverbs 8:23I was appointed from everlasting from the first, before the earth began.
- Jeremiah 32:17‘Almighty Lord, you made heaven and earth by your great strength and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
- Hebrews 1:10God also said, “Lord, in the beginning you laid the foundation of the earth. With your own hands you made the heavens.
- Hebrews 3:3Jesus deserves more praise than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house is praised more than the house.
Commentaries on Psalms 102:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Of old hast thou laid the foundation - None taught of God ever imagined the world to have been eternal. Of old, לפנים lephanim, before there were any faces or appearances, thou didst lay the foundations of the earth. It was created by thee; it did not grow by accretion or aggregation from a pre-existent nucleus. There was nothing; and thou didst produce being - substance or matter. Out of that created matter thou didst make the earth and the heavens.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25-27Verses 25-27 Of old - See this passage fully explained in the notes at Hebrews 1:10-12. In the beginning; at the first. The phrase used here means literally “to the face;” then, “before” in the order of time. It means here, long ago; of olden time; at the beginning. The meaning is, that the years of God had stretched through all the generations of people, and all the changes which had occurred upon the earth; that at the very beginning he existed, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-28Verses 23-28 Bodily distempers soon weaken our strength, then what can we expect but that our months should be cut off in the midst; and what should we do but provide accordingly? We must own God's hand in it; and must reconcile this to his love, for often those that have used their strength well, have it weakened; and those who, as we think, can very ill be spared, have their days shortened. It is very comfortable, in reference to all the changes and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-27wear out like a garment: Unlike the eternal Creator, the created world will wear out like a piece of clothing (see Isaiah 40:28). The writer to the Hebrews describes this passage as having been addressed to Jesus, the Son (Hebrews 1:10–12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. The writer, speaking for the Church, finds encouragement in the midst of all his distresses. God's eternal existence is a pledge of faithfulness to His promises. in the way--of providence. weakened--literally, "afflicted," and made fearful of a premature end, a figure of the apprehensions of the Church, lest God might not perform His promise, drawn from those of a person in view of the dangers of early death (compare Psa 89:47). Paul (He 1:10)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 102
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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