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Praise Awaits God in Zion

Psalms 65:6

In 11 translations

BSB
You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
KJV
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
WEB
By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.
ASV
Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
LSV
Establishing mountains by His power, || He has been girded with might,
YLT
Establishing mountains by His power, He hath been girded with might,
DBY
Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power;
DRC64:7
Thou who preparest the mountains by thy strength, being girded with power:
GNV
He stablisheth the mountaines by his power: and is girded about with strength.
JPS65:7
Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, who art girded about with might;
LXXE64:7
who dost establish the mountains in thy strength, being girded about with power;Gr. prepare.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC65:7
מֵכִ֣ין הָרִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ נֶ֝אְזָ֗ר בִּגְבוּרָֽה׃KJV:Ps.65.6
LXX-Br64:7
ἑτοιμάζων ὄρη ἐν τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου, περιεζωσμένος ἐν δυναστείᾳ·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
  • Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
  • Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
  • Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
  • 1 Samuel 2:4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.
  • Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
  • Psalms 24:2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 65:7 in some Bibles
  • 65:6 in most Bibles

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