New Living Translation
Psalms 95:3
3For the Lord is a great God, 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 us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. 4He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains. 5The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too.
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 pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do!
- Psalms 96:4Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 97:9For you, O Lord, are supreme over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.
- Jeremiah 10:6Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.
- Psalms 47:2For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.
- Psalms 48:2It is high and magnificent; the whole earth rejoices to see it! Mount Zion, the holy mountain, is the city of the great King!
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King! The whole earth trembles at his anger. The nations cannot stand up to his wrath.
- Jeremiah 46:18“As surely as I live,” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “one is coming against Egypt who is as tall as Mount Tabor, or as Mount Carmel by the sea!
- Jeremiah 48:15But now Moab and his towns will be destroyed. His most promising youth are doomed to slaughter,” says the King, whose name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Daniel 4:37“Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true, and he is able to humble the proud.”
- Malachi 1:11But my name is honored by people of other nations from morning till night. All around the world they offer sweet incense and pure offerings in honor of my name. For my name is great among the nations,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
- Psalms 135:5I know the greatness of the Lord— that our Lord is greater than any other god.
- Exodus 18:11I know now that the Lord is greater than all other gods, because he rescued his people from the oppression of the proud Egyptians.”
- Isaiah 44:8Do not tremble; do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim my purposes for you long ago? You are my witnesses—is there any other God? No! There is no other Rock—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
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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