God’s Word Translation
Psalms 95:3
3The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods.
Psalms 95:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods.
Context of Psalms 95:3
1Come, let’s sing joyfully to the Lord. Let’s shout happily to the rock of our salvation. 2Let’s come into his presence with a song of thanksgiving. Let’s shout happily to him with psalms. The Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods. 4In his hand are the deep places of the earth, and the mountain peaks are his. 5The sea is his. He made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
Read all of Psalms 95Psalms 95:3 word by word
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וּמֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 95:3
- Psalms 86:8No god is like you, O Lord. No one can do what you do.
- Psalms 96:4The Lord is great! He should be highly praised. He should be feared more than all ⌞other⌟ gods
- Psalms 97:9You, O Lord, the Most High, are above the whole earth. You are highest. You are above all the gods.
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great, and he should be highly praised. His greatness is unsearchable.
- Jeremiah 10:6No one is like you, O Lord. You are great. Your name is powerful.
- Psalms 47:2We must fear the Lord, the Most High. He is the great king of the whole earth.
- Psalms 48:2Its beautiful peak is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion is on the northern ridge. It is the city of the great king.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the only God. He is the living God and eternal king. The earth trembles when he is angry. The nations can’t endure his fury.
- Jeremiah 46:18“As I live,” declares the king, whose name is the Lord of Armies, “someone who is like Mount Tabor among the mountains will come. Someone who is like Mount Carmel by the sea will come.
- Jeremiah 48:15The enemy will attack Moab and destroy its cities. Its finest young men will be slaughtered,” declares the king, whose name is the Lord of Armies.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, will praise, honor, and give glory to the King of Heaven. Everything he does is true, his ways are right, and he can humiliate those who act arrogantly.
- Malachi 1:11“From the nations where the sun rises to the nations where the sun sets, my name will be great. Incense and pure offerings will be offered everywhere in my name, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Psalms 135:5I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all the false gods.
- Exodus 18:11who treated Israel with contempt. Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods.”
- Isaiah 44:8Don’t be terrified or afraid. Didn’t I make this known to you long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God except me? There is no ⌞other⌟ rock; I know of none.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For the Lord is a great God - Or, "A great God is Jehovah, and a great King above all gods;" or, "God is a great King over all." The Supreme Being has three names here: אל El, יהוה Jehovah, אלהים Elohim, and we should apply none of them to false gods. The first implies his strength; the second his being and essence; the third, his covenant relation to mankind. In public worship these are the views we should entertain of the Divine Being.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For the Lord is a great God - For Yahweh is a great God. The object is to exalt Jehovah, the true God, as distinguished from all who were worshipped as gods. The first idea is that he is “great;” that he is exalted over all the universe; that he rules over all, and that he is to be worshipped as such. And a great King above all gods - This does not mean that he is a great ruler of all other gods, as if they had a real existence, but that he is king or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3above all gods: The psalmist argues against idol worship and pagan beliefs (Psalms 96:4–6; 135:15–18; see also Isaiah 46:5–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. above ... gods--esteemed such by men, though really nothing (Jr 5:7; 10:10-15).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 95
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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