King James Version

Psalms 89:25

I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 89:26.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…בַיָּ֣םvayamin seaיָםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).יָד֑וֹyadvohandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וּֽבַנְּהָר֥וֹתuvanharotand in floodנָהָרconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and in flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יְמִינֽוֹyeminvorightיָמִיןnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “right”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south[phrase] left-handed, right (hand, side), south.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(89-26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

Young’s Literal Translation

And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.

World English Bible

I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

Darby Translation

And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(89-26) I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English