King James Version

Psalms 89:11

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:12.

לְךָ֣lekhatoלְךָ֣preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toשָׁ֭מַיִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).אַףafalsoאַףparticle, affirmation — “also”H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively thoughalso, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.לְךָ֥lekhatoלְךָ֥preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toאָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תֵּבֵ֥לtevelhabitable partתֵּבֵלnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “habitable part”, the ordinary formH8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestinehabitable part, world.וּ֝מְלֹאָ֗הּumeloahand fulnessמְלֹאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and fulness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4393fulness (literally or figuratively)[idiom] all along, [idiom] all that is (there-) in, fill, ([idiom] that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-) full, multitude.אַתָּ֥הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.יְסַדְתָּֽםyesadtamfoundיָסַדverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “found”, a completed actionH3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consultappoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.

World English Bible

The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.

Darby Translation

Thine are the heavens, the earth also is thine; the world and its fulness, thou hast founded them.

Douay-Rheims

Who knoweth the power of thy anger, and for thy fear

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; the world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The heavens are thine, and the earth is thine: thou hast founded the world, and the fulness of it.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σοί εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ γῆ, τὴν οἰκουμένην καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας.