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Psalms 90:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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 90:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 90:211 words
HebrewMeaning
בְּ/טֶ֤רֶםbəṭerem
beforepronH2962
ere · not yet
הָ֘רִ֤יםhāriym
mountainsnounH2022
mount · promotion
יֻלָּ֗דוּyulādw
they were bornverbH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
וַ/תְּח֣וֹלֵֽלwatəḥwōlēl
and you brought forthconjH2342
bring forth · calve · dance · drive away ···
אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ
the earthnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/תֵבֵ֑לwətēbēl
and the worldconjH8398
world
וּֽ/מֵ/עוֹלָ֥םwmēʿwōlām
and from antiquityconjH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
ע֝וֹלָ֗םʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
אַתָּ֥הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
אֵֽלʾēl
are GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 90:2

1. This Psalm is entitled, “The prayer of Moses the man of God,” through whom, His man, God gave the law to His people, through whom He freed them from the house of slavery, and led them forty years through the wilderness. Moses was therefore the Minister of the Old, and the Prophet of the New Testament. For “all these things,” says the Apostle, “happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the world come.” 1 Corinthians…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 90 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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