Psalms 97:9 KJV
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- His care of his people, and his provision for themThe faithful servants of God may well rejoice and be glad, because he is glorified; and whatever tends to his honour, is his people's pleasure. Care is taken...
Thompson Chains
- God ExaltedSee the chain from Psalms 21:13 · 8 links
- False GodsSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 16:26 · 9 links
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Psalms 83:18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Psalms 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
- Psalms 96:4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 115:3–8 But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. …
- Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
- Ephesians 1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Philippians 2:9–11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: …
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Topics
- God Glory of
- Jesus, the Christ Jehovah above all
- Praise For God’s attributes
- Psalms For God’s attributes
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For thou, LORD כִּי kî Conjunction אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- high above עֶלְיוֹן ʿelyôn עֶלְיוֹן Adjective · masculine singular עַל ʿal Preposition
- all the earth כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- thou art exalted נַעֲלֵיתָ naʿălêtā עָלָה Verb · niphal perfect, second person masculine singular
- far above מְאֹד mĕʾōd מְאֹד Adverb עַל ʿal Preposition
- all gods כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
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