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Psalms 135:5
5I know that the Lord is great. Our Lord is greater than any other god.
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
3The Lord is good, so praise him! His name is good and great, so praise him with songs! 4The Lord chose Jacob's family for himself. Yes, he chose Israel's people to belong to him. I know that the Lord is great. Our Lord is greater than any other god. 6He does whatever he decides to do. He rules the sky and the earth, and the deepest parts of the sea. 7The Lord causes clouds to rise up all over the earth. He sends lightning with the storms of rain. He sends out the wind from its place, so that it blows where he chooses.
Read all of Psalms 135Psalms 135:5 word by word
כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־גָד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 135:5
- Psalms 48:1The Lord is great. He deserves that people praise him in the city of our God, on his holy mountain.
- Psalms 86:8There is no one like you, my Lord, among all the gods. Nobody can do the great things that you do.
- Psalms 89:6In all the heavens, there is no one like you, Lord! No angel in heaven is equal to you.
- Psalms 95:3Yes, the Lord is the great God. He is the great king who rules over all gods.
- Psalms 96:4Yes, the Lord is great! Everyone should praise him as he deserves. People should respect him with fear, more than all other gods.
- Psalms 97:9You, Lord, are the Most High God who rules over all the earth. You are much greater than any other god!
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God rules all other gods. He is the Lord over all other lords. He is great and powerful. We should respect him and obey him. He is fair to everyone. He will not accept any bribes!
- Isaiah 40:22God sits high above on his throne where the earth and the sky meet. The people on the earth seem like grasshoppers to him. He hangs out the sky like a curtain. He makes it like a tent for him to live in.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the only true God. He is the God who is alive. He is the King who rules for ever. When he is angry, the earth shakes. None of the nations can stop his anger.
- Daniel 3:29No other god can save people like their God has done for them. So I make a command for the people of every nation who speak any language. They must never say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. If anyone does that, my soldiers will cut them into pieces. They will knock down those people's houses so that they become heaps of stones.’
- Daniel 6:26I have made a law for every part of my kingdom. All people must respect the God that Daniel serves. They must respect him with fear. He is the God who always lives. He will continue for ever. Nobody will ever destroy his kingdom. He will rule for ever.
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
In the dictionaries
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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