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Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

1A Prayer by Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”
4For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
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The mountains themselves had a beginning, and the prayer reaches beyond their birth to a God whose existence has no beginning or end.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.The psalm declares God’s eternal being; Hebrews speaks of Jesus Christ remaining the same across past, present, and future.
Genesis 1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.Both passages name God as the maker of the earth, whose existence precedes the world he creates.
Exodus 3:14God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM,” and he said, “You shall tell the children of Israel this: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”Both passages speak of who God is: Moses addresses God in the psalm, and God names himself to Moses in Exodus.
Revelation 1:4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are …Both speak of God’s existence beyond the present, reaching into the past and the time still to come.
Isaiah 57:15For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble …The psalm speaks of God from everlasting to everlasting, while Isaiah names him as the One who inhabits eternity.
Isaiah 40:28Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is …Both passages join God’s everlasting existence with his work as Creator of the earth.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen nor can see, to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.Both describe God’s life as beyond human limits, with the psalm naming eternity and Timothy naming immortality.
Psalm 102:24–27I said, “My God, don’t take me away in the middle of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.Both prayers address God as one whose years extend beyond a human lifespan, across generations and into eternity.
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from …Both look back beyond the present, though Micah speaks of a ruler’s ancient origins and the psalm of God’s eternity.
Isaiah 43:13Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”Both affirm that God already existed in the distant past, with Psalm 90 extending that affirmation from everlasting to everlasting.
Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Both declare God’s existence across all time, with Revelation also naming him the Almighty.
Job 36:26Behold, God is great, and we don’t know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.Both speak of God’s years beyond human measure: the psalm names everlasting existence, and Job calls their number unsearchable.
Where this verse fits

Aging. fear for the future. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

Your years have limits, and this prayer leaves that fact intact. The God you address existed before the earth was formed; his life has no end.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).