Psalms 65:6
You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.
BSB
ASV
Who by his strength setteth fast the mountains, Being girded about with might;
KJV
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains. He, as it were, fixed them in their sockets, and preserved them from falling by earthquake or storm. The firmest owe their stability to him. Philosophers of the forget God school are too much engrossed with their laws of upheaval to think of the Upheaver. Their theories of volcanic action and glacier action, etc., etc., are frequently used as bolts and bars to shut the Lord out of his own world.
Hence they are called everlasting mountains, Hab. iii. Yet God's covenant with his people is said to stand more firmly than they, Isa. liv. He stills the sea, and it is quiet,
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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.
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Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the…
The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
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Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
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For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
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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.
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The blessings of your father have surpassed the blessings of the ancient mountains and the bounty of the everlasting hills. May they rest on the head of Joseph, on the brow of the prince…
