Psalms 119:90

Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses the LORD, linking the permanence of divine faithfulness to the enduring stability of the created world. The words — אֱמֽוּנָתֶ֑ךָ ('emunatekha) and כּוֹנַ֥נְתָּ (konanta) render as "your faithfulness" and "you have established," directly stating that God's reliable character and foundational act keep the earth standing. The thread — This pattern of enduring divine action appears in Psalms 100:5, which records faithfulness continuing to all generations, and in Psalms 148:6, which notes a permanent decree that established creation. Why it lands — The text demands the reader recognize that the same unchanging power that fixed the earth in place is the factual basis for trusting God's promises today.

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The Hebrew words

לְדֹ֣רle./Dor[is] to/ a generation וָ֭דֹרVa./dorand/ a generation אֱמֽוּנָתֶ֑ךָ'e.mu.na.Te./khafaithfulness/ your כּוֹנַ֥נְתָּko.Nan.tayou have established אֶ֝֗רֶץ'E.retz[the] earth וַֽתַּעֲמֹֽד׃Va./ta.'a.Modand/ it endures

King James Version

Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

Cross-references

Psalms 100:5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
Psalms 36:5 Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Psalms 148:6 He established them forever and ever; He issued a decree that will never pass away.
Micah 7:20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
Psalms 89:1 A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 93:1 The 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.
Deuteronomy 7:9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
Psalms 89:11 The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded.
Psalms 104:5 He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
2 Peter 3:5 But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,