# Psalms 89.10

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 8. O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee. 9. Thou rulest the pride of the sea: When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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> **10. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; Thou hast scattered thine enemies with the arm of thy strength.**
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> 11. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. 12. The north and the south, thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon rejoice in thy name. (Psalms 89:8-12, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 8. Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. 9. You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
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> **10. You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.**
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> 11. The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. 12. The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. (Psalms 89:8-12, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 8. O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? 9. Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
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> **10. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. <sup>Rahab: or, Egypt</sup> <sup>thy: Heb. the arm of thy strength</sup>**
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> 11. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. <sup>the fulness: or, all it containeth</sup> 12. The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. (Psalms 89:8-12, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 8. O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee, a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee. 9. Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
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> **10. Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.**
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> 11. Thine [are] the heavens, the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them. 12. North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing. (Psalms 89:8-12, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.