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Psalms 74:12

For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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וֵ֭אלֹהִיםvelohimand Godאֱלֹהִיםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.מַלְכִּ֣יmalkikingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.מִקֶּ֑דֶםmiqedemfrom beforeקֶדֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from before”, the ordinary formH6924the front, of place (absolutely, the fore part, relatively the East) or time (antiquity); often used adverbially (before, anciently, eastward)aforetime, ancient (time), before, east (end, part, side, -ward), eternal, [idiom] ever(-lasting), forward, old, past. Compare H6926 (קִדְמָה).פֹּעֵ֥לpoeldoפָּעַלverb, qal, participle, absolute — “do”, a verb used as a describing wordH6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practisecommit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).יְ֝שׁוּע֗וֹתyeshuotdeliveranceיְשׁוּעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “deliverance”, the ordinary formH3444something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperitydeliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.בְּקֶ֣רֶבbeqerevin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And God [is] my king of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

World English Bible

Yet God is my King of old, working salvation throughout the earth.

Darby Translation

But God is my king of old, accomplishing deliverances in the midst of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But God is our King of old; he has wrought salvation in the midst of the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰῶνος, εἰργάσατο σωτηρίαν ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς.