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Psalms 135:5
Psalms 135:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- New International Version (NIV)I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I know that the Lord is great, And our Lord is above all gods.
Context of Psalms 135:5
3Praise ye Jah; for Jehovah is good: sing psalms unto his name; for it is pleasant. 4For Jah hath chosen Jacob unto himself, Israel for his own possession. For I know that Jehovah is great, and our Lord is above all gods. 6Whatsoever Jehovah pleased, he hath done in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and all deeps; 7Who causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; who maketh lightnings for the rain; who bringeth the wind out of his treasuries:
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:5 word by word
כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־גָד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 135:5
- Psalms 48:1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.
- Psalms 86:8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?
- Psalms 95:3For Jehovah is a great God, and a great king above all gods.
- Psalms 96:4For Jehovah is great and exceedingly to be praised; he is terrible above all gods.
- Psalms 97:9For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth; thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.
- Deuteronomy 10:17For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward;
- Isaiah 40:22[It is] he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a gauze curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;
- Jeremiah 10:10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that is able to deliver after this sort.
- Daniel 6:26I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
Commentaries on Psalms 135:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For I know - I, as the representative of Israel, and speaking in the, name of the people. This is said as the foundation or the reason for praise. It was the thorough conviction of the psalmist that God was great above all who were claimed to be gods, and that he only was worthy of worship. That the Lord is great - See the notes at Psalm 95:3. And that our Lord is above all gods - All that are worshipped as gods.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 God is, and will be always, the same to his church, a gracious, faithful, wonder-working God. And his church is, and will be, the same to him, a thankful, praising people: thus his name endures for ever. He will return in ways of mercy to them, and will delight to do them good.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The Lord is greater than any real or imagined supernatural being (see Psalms 95:3–5; 115:4–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. God's choice of Israel is the first reason assigned for rendering praise; the next, His manifested greatness in creation and providence.Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Psalms 135:5 135.5 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on Psalms 135
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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