God’s Word Translation
Psalms 89:12
12You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing your name joyfully.
Psalms 89:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
- New International Version (NIV)You created the north and the south; Tabor and Hermon sing for joy at your name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The north and the south, you have created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.
Context of Psalms 89:12
10You crushed Rahab; it was like a corpse. With your strong arm you scattered your enemies. 11The heavens are yours. The earth is also yours. You made the world and everything in it. You created north and south. Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon sing your name joyfully. 13Your arm is mighty. Your hand is strong. Your right hand is lifted high. 14Righteousness and justice are the foundations of your throne. Mercy and truth stand in front of you.
Read all of Psalms 89Psalms 89:12 word by word
צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 89:12
- Job 26:7“He stretches out his heavens over empty space. He hangs the earth on nothing whatsoever.
- Joshua 19:22The border touches Tabor, Shahazimah, and Beth Shemesh and ends at the Jordan River. There were 16 cities with their villages.
- Judges 4:6Deborah summoned Barak, son of Abinoam, from Kedesh in Naphtali. She told him, “The Lord God of Israel has given you this order: ‘Gather troops on Mount Tabor. Take 10,000 men from Naphtali and Zebulun with you.
- Psalms 133:3It is like dew on ⌞Mount⌟ Hermon, dew which comes down on Zion’s mountains. That is where the Lord promised the blessing of eternal life.
- Deuteronomy 3:8We took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon.
- Joshua 12:1These are the kings of the land east of the Jordan River that the people of Israel defeated. Israel also took possession of their lands from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, and all the eastern plains.
- Psalms 65:12The pastures in the desert overflow ⌞with richness⌟. The hills are surrounded with joy.
- Isaiah 35:1The desert and the dry land will be glad, and the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
- Isaiah 49:13Sing with joy, you heavens! Rejoice, you earth! Break into shouts of joy, you mountains! The Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his humble people.
- Isaiah 55:12You will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break into songs of joy in your presence, and all the trees will clap their hands.
Commentaries on Psalms 89:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The north and the south - It is generally supposed that by these four terms all the four quarters of the globe are intended. Tabor, a mountain of Galilee, was on the west of Mount Hermon, which was beyond Jordan, to the east of the source of that river.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The north and the south, thou hast created them - All that there is in the north and in the south - in the northern and the southern sky - the constellations and the stars; and all that there is in the earth - in the regions of cold and of heat - far as they extend in either direction. The word rendered “north” here - צפון tsâphôn - means properly that which is hidden or dark, and was applied to the north, because the ancients regarded it as the seat of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 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, while all who trust in God's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Mount Tabor was in northern Israel. Mount Hermon formed the extreme northern border of the nation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-148-14. 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," together representing the whole world…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 89
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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