Psalms 89:12

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

10Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength. 11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. 13Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. 14Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne: mercy and truth go before thy face.

Psalms 89:12 word by word

צָפ֣וֹן וְ֭יָמִין אַתָּ֣ה בְרָאתָ֑ם תָּב֥וֹר וְ֝חֶרְמ֗וֹן בְּשִׁמְךָ֥ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 89:12

• Job 26:7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
• Joshua 19:22and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh; and the goings out of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
• Judges 4:6And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
• Psalms 133:3Like the dew of Hermon, that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
• Deuteronomy 3:8And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
• Joshua 12:1Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:
• Psalms 65:12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the hills are girded with joy.
• Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
• Isaiah 49:13Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.
• Isaiah 55:12For 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.

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

Topics related to Psalms 89:12

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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