Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 95:4
Psalms 95:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
- New International Version (NIV)In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also.
Context of Psalms 95:4
2Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3For Yhwh is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before Yhwh our maker.
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְתוֹעֲפ֖וֹת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 95:4
- Psalms 21:2Thou hast given him his heart’s desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
- Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
- Psalms 135:6Whatsoever Yhwh pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
- Psalms 65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
- Psalms 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of Yhwh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- Job 9:5Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger.
- Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Commentaries on Psalms 95:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4In his hand are the deep places of the earth - The greatest deeps are fathomed by him. The strength of the hills is his also - And to him the greatest heights are accessible,Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4In his hand - In his power, or under his control as his own. That is, he so possesses all things that they can be claimed by no other. His right over them is absolute and entire. Are the deep places of the earth - The word used here - מחקר mechqâr - means the interior, the inmost depth; that which is “searched out,” from - חקר châqar - to search, search out, explore. The primary idea is that of searching by boring or digging; and the allusion here is to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5All creation exists because of the Lord alone, not because of many gods.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.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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