King James Version
Psalms 119:89 in the King James Version says “LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”
Psalms 119:89 · KJV
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. unto: Heb. to generation and generation abideth: Heb. standeth
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“LAMED For ever”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“thy word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“in heaven”
H8064the 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 r
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