God’s Word Translation
Psalms 93:3
3The ocean rises, O Lord. The ocean rises with a roar. The ocean rises with its pounding waves.
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 is clothed with majesty. The Lord has clothed himself; he has armed himself with power. The world was set in place; it cannot be moved. 2Your throne was set in place a long time ago. You are eternal. The ocean rises, O Lord. The ocean rises with a roar. The ocean rises with its pounding waves. 4The Lord above is mighty— mightier than the sound of raging water, mightier than the foaming waves of the sea. 5Your written testimonies are completely reliable. O Lord, holiness is what makes your house beautiful for days without end.
Read all of Psalms 93Psalms 93:3 word by word
נָשְׂא֤וּ נְהָר֨וֹת׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה נָשְׂא֣וּ נְהָר֣וֹת קוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂא֖וּ נְהָר֣וֹת דָּכְיָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 93:3
- Psalms 18:4The ropes of death had become tangled around me. The torrents of destruction had overwhelmed me.
- Psalms 69:1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
- Isaiah 17:12How horrible it will be for many people! They will roar like the roaring sea. The noise that the people make will be like the noise from rushing water.
- Jeremiah 46:7Who is this, rising like the Nile River, like streams that flow swiftly?
- Jonah 2:3You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
- Revelation 12:15The snake’s mouth poured out a river of water behind the woman in order to sweep her away.
- Revelation 17:15The angel also said to me, “The waters you saw, on which the prostitute is sitting, are people, crowds, nations, and languages.
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad. Let the sea and everything in it roar like thunder.
- Psalms 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands and the mountains sing joyfully
- Isaiah 55:12You will go out with joy and be led out in peace. The mountains and the hills will break into songs of joy in your presence, and all the trees will clap their hands.
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Psalms 107:25He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.
- Psalms 125:3A wicked ruler will not be allowed to govern the land set aside for righteous people. That is why righteous people do not use their power to do wrong.
- Acts 4:25You said through the Holy Spirit, who spoke through your servant David (our ancestor), ‘Why do the nations act arrogantly? Why do their people devise useless plots?
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
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