New International Version
Psalms 95:3
3For the Lord is the great God, the 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.
Context of Psalms 95:3
1Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. 4In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5The sea is his, for 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 86:8Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
- Psalms 96:4For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 97:9For you, Lord, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.
- Jeremiah 10:6No one is like you, Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
- Psalms 47:2For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
- Psalms 48:2Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.
- Jeremiah 46:18“As surely as I live,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty, “one will come who is like Tabor among the mountains, like Carmel by the sea.
- Jeremiah 48:15Moab will be destroyed and her towns invaded; her finest young men will go down in the slaughter,” declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
- Malachi 1:11My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
- Psalms 135:5I know that the Lord is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.
- Exodus 18:11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly.”
- Isaiah 44:8Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one.”
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
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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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