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Psalm 89

Psa. 89:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the 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)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
k shall praise
yadah (Hebrew #3034)
used only as denominative from 3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV usage: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Pronounce: yaw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy wonders
pele' (Hebrew #6382)
a miracle
KJV usage: marvellous thing, wonder(-ful, -fully).
Pronounce: peh'-leh
Origin: from 6381
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: thy faithfulness
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
also in the congregation
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
of the saints
qadowsh (Hebrew #6918)
from 6942; sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) God (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
KJV usage: holy (One), saint.
Pronounce: kaw-doshe'
Origin: or qadosh {kaw-doshe'}
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heavens.
Psa. 19:1• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands. (Psa. 19:1)
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Psa. 50:6• 6And the heavens declare his righteousness for God [is] judge himself. Selah. (Psa. 50:6)
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Psa. 97:6• 6The heavens declare his righteousness,{HR}And all the peoples see his glory. (Psa. 97:6)
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Isa. 44:23• 23Sing, O ye heavens, for Jehovah hath done [it]; shout, ye lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, ye mountains, the forest, and every tree therein. For Jehovah hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. (Isa. 44:23)
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Luke 2:10‑15• 10{i}And the angel said to them,{/i} Fear not, for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people,
11for unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ [the] Lord.
12And this is the sign unto you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.
13{i}And suddenly there was{/i} with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.
15{i}And it came to pass, as the angels departed from them into heaven, that{/i} the shepherds said one to another, Let us make our way now as far as Bethlehem and let us see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.
(Luke 2:10‑15)
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Eph. 3:10• 10in order that there might be known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly [places] by the assembly the manifold wisdom of God, (Eph. 3:10)
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1 Peter 1:12• 12To whom it was revealed that not to themselves but to you they were ministering the very things which have now been announced to you through those that brought you glad tidings by [the] Holy Spirit sent forth from heaven; which things angels desire to look into. (1 Peter 1:12)
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Rev. 5:11‑14• 11And I saw, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders: and the number of them was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,
12saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that is slain to receive the power and riches and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing.
13And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and [such as are] on the sea and all things in them heard I saying, To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb {i}be{/i} the blessing and the honour and the glory and the might unto the ages of the ages.
14And the four living creatures said, Amen: and the elders fell down and worshipped.
(Rev. 5:11‑14)
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Rev. 7:10‑12• 10and they cry with a loud voice, saying, The salvation to our God that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,
12saying, Amen: The blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the strength to our God unto the ages of the ages. [Amen.]
(Rev. 7:10‑12)
in the congregation.
Psa. 89:7• 7God (El) [is] greatly to be feared in the council of the saints{HR}And terrible above all those around him. (Psa. 89:7)
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Deut. 33:2• 2{i}And he said,{/i} (Deut. 33:2)
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Dan. 7:10• 10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. (Dan. 7:10)
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2 Thess. 1:7• 7and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power (2 Thess. 1:7)
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Heb. 12:22‑23• 22But ye have approached to mount Zion; and to a living God's city, heavenly Jerusalem; and to myriads of angels, a universal assemblage;
23and to an assembly of firstborns, enrolled in heavens; and to God judge of all; and to spirits of just ones made perfect;
(Heb. 12:22‑23)
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Jude 14‑15• 14And Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied also as to these, saying, Behold, [the] Lord came amid his holy myriads,
15to execute judgment against all, and to convict all the ungodly [of them] of all their works of ungodliness which they ungodlily wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners spoke against him.
(Jude 14‑15)
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Rev. 19:1‑6• 1After these things I heard as a loud voice of a great multitude in the heaven, saying, Alleluia! the salvation, the glory and the power of our God:
2for true and righteous {i}are{/i} his judgments; for he hath judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3And a second time they said, Alleluia! and her smoke riseth up unto the ages of the ages.
4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen, Alleluia!
5And a voice came forth out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, the little and the great.
6And I heard as a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Alleluia! for the Lord [our] God the Almighty hath reigned.
(Rev. 19:1‑6)
 (vv. 5-8) The psalmist then celebrates the glory of Jehovah―the One who has made the covenant with David. (Psalm 89 by H. Smith)
 Having been received by His people the Lord is seen among them (vs. 5-8). (Book 3. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the heavens shall celebratec thy wondersd, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregatione of the saintsf.

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Elsewhere, "praise," "confess."
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Lit. "wonder."
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As Ex. 12.3.
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Kadosh, as ver. 18, "Holy One," ver. 20, "holy [oil]," and ver. 35, "holiness."

W. Kelly Translation

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And the heavens shall confess thy wonder, O Jehovah,{HR}And thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.