Psalms 93:3

Psalms 93:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
• New International Version (NIV)The seas have lifted up, Lord, the seas have lifted up their voice; the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The floods have lifted up, O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.

Context of Psalms 93:3

1The Lord rules as King! He wears royal power as his clothes. His strength is like a belt round his body. So the world is safe and strong. Nothing can shake it from its place. 2You, Lord, have always ruled as King, since before the beginning of time. The floods of water have risen up, Lord. They have risen with a loud noise. Their waves beat against the land. 4But the Lord rules as King high above everything! He rules over the powerful waves of the sea, with all their great noise! 5Lord, your rules remain strong and true. Your house will always be holy, because you are holy.

Psalms 93:3 word by word

נָשְׂא֤וּ נְהָר֨וֹת׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה נָשְׂא֣וּ נְהָר֣וֹת קוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂא֖וּ נְהָר֣וֹת דָּכְיָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The floodsנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• have lifted upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• their voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• their wavesדֳּכִיdŏkîy · poundingH1796

Cross-references for Psalms 93:3

• Psalms 18:4Death was near enough to catch me! Danger was like a river that poured over me.
• Psalms 69:1Please rescue me, God, because the deep water has come up to my neck.
• Isaiah 17:12It will be very bad for the armies of other nations! They are making a noise like the sea in a storm! They are as loud as powerful waves!
• Jeremiah 46:7A nation is rising up, like the great waters of the Nile river. Who is this nation?
• Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep water, and I fell into the middle of the sea. The deep water covered me. You sent big waves to roll over me.
• Revelation 12:15Then the dragon poured lots of water out of his mouth like a river. He wanted the river of water to carry the woman away.
• Revelation 17:15Then the angel said to me, ‘You saw the many rivers where the prostitute sits. Those rivers are a picture of people from many nations. They are crowds of people from different countries who speak many different languages.
• Psalms 96:11The earth and the sky should be happy! The sea and everything in it should shout aloud!
• Psalms 98:8The rivers should clap their hands, and the mountains should all sing together,
• Isaiah 55:12You will leave that foreign land with joy! You will travel home with peace in your minds. The mountains and the hills will sing with joy as you travel past. The trees in the fields will clap their hands together!
• Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
• Psalms 107:25He would command a storm to come, so that the wind caused big waves to rise up.
• Psalms 125:3Wicked people will not rule over God's own people. They will not rule the land where righteous people live. If they did, the righteous people might also do bad things.
• Acts 4:25Our ancestor, King David, was your servant. You sent your Holy Spirit to him so that he spoke your message. You said through him, “People of other nations were very angry. They made plans to do useless things. Why did they do that?

Commentaries on Psalms 93:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The floods have lifted up - Multitudes of people have confederated against thy people; and troop succeeds troop as the waves of the sea succeed each other.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice - The word here rendered “floods,” means properly rivers, and then it may be applied to any waters. The word voice here refers to the noise of raging waters when they are agitated by the winds, or when they dash on the shore. See the notes at Psalm 42:7. The floods lift up their waves - As if they would sweep everything away. The allusion here is to some calamity or danger which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4God’s victory over natural chaos gives the psalmist confidence that the Lord will also defeat his present enemies (compare Jeremiah 46:8; 47:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. His underived power exceeds the most sublime exhibitions of the most powerful objects in nature (Psa 89:9).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 93

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings