Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Parallel translations
- WEB Who by his power forms the mountains, having armed yourself with strength;
- BSB You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
- NKJV Who established the mountains by His strength, Being clothed with power;
- NASB Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Who is encircled with might;
- NLT You formed the mountains by your power and armed yourself with mighty strength.
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Quick answer
By His power God forms the mountains, clothed with strength. It declares God's mighty creative power.
Overview
The psalm turns to praise God as the Creator who establishes the mountains by His strength. His power in nature underwrites His power to save. The Word through whom all things were made is the same Christ in whom all things hold together.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Hab 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
- Mic 6:2Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
- Ps 119:90Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
- 1 Sam 2:4The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
- Ps 24:2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
- Isa 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
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