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Psalms 90:2–3

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Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
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From verse 2

  1. Hebrews 13:8Rank 1 from verse 2
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    8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

  2. Genesis 1:1Rank 2 from verse 2
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    1IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

  3. Psalms 102:24–27Rank 3 from verse 2
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    24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations.

    25Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

    26They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:

    27But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

  4. Revelation 1:8Rank 4 from verse 2
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    8I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

  5. Psalms 93:2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

  6. 1 Timothy 6:15–16Rank 6 from verse 2
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    15Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

    16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

  7. Hebrews 1:10–12Rank 7 from verse 2
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    10And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:

    11They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;

    12And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

  8. Psalms 33:9Rank 8 from verse 2
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    9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

  9. Habakkuk 1:12Rank 9 from verse 2
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    12Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.

  10. Isaiah 44:6Rank 10 from verse 2
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    6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  11. Psalms 146:6Rank 11 from verse 2
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    6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:

  12. Isaiah 57:15Rank 12 from verse 2
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    15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

  13. Job 15:7Rank 13 from verse 2
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    7Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?

  14. Job 38:28–29Rank 14 from verse 2
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    28Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

    29Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

  15. Isaiah 45:22Rank 15 from verse 2
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    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  16. Job 38:4–6Rank 16 from verse 2
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    4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

    5Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

    6Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

  17. Proverbs 8:25–26Rank 17 from verse 2
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    25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

    26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

  18. Psalms 103:17Rank 18 from verse 2
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    17But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

  19. Micah 5:2Rank 19 from verse 2
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    2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

From verse 3

  1. Genesis 3:19Rank 1 from verse 3
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    19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

  2. Ecclesiastes 12:7Rank 2 from verse 3
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    7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  3. Job 34:14–15Rank 3 from verse 3
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    14If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

    15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  4. Numbers 14:35Rank 4 from verse 3
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    35I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

  5. Psalms 104:29Rank 5 from verse 3
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    29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  6. Psalms 146:4Rank 6 from verse 3
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    4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

  7. Genesis 6:6–7Rank 7 from verse 3
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    6And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

    7And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

  8. Job 12:10Rank 8 from verse 3
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    10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

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DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 90:2

COMBINED MEANING

before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ever

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At any time; always or continually; throughout all time or for ever.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

formed

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Made, shaped, fashioned, created, arranged, or brought into the intended being, body, people, purpose, or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

everlasting

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1. Continuing without end. 2. Extending backward without beginning. 3. Enduring or permanent throughout the duration in view.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

art

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1. The second-person singular present form of be: are, when one person is addressed. 2. Skill, craft, or skilled workmanship used to make or prepare something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Psalms 90:3

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

turnest

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Second-person singular present form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

destruction

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The act, result, or state of destroying: ruin, overthrow, death, wasting, or that which brings ruin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sayest

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Second-person singular present form of say. To speak, declare, tell, or express.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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90:1LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

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90:3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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90:4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

90:5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

90:6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

90:7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

90:9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

90:10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

90:11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.

90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

90:13Return, O Lord, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.

90:14O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

90:15Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.

90:16Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

90:17And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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