King James Version
Psalms 92:8 in the King James Version says “But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 92 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.”
Psalms 92:8 · KJV
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“art most high”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
“for evermore”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“But thou LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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