“ For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. ”
For 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;”...
For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all (b) gods. (b) Even the angels (who in respect to men are thought as gods) are nothing in his sight, much less the idols, which man's brain i...
XCV. A Hymn of Praise. The greatness of God in nature. A warning from the history of Israel in the wilderness. There is no cogent reason for dividing the Ps. into two. For Massah and Meribah. see...
GOD. Hebrew EL App-4. gods . rulers, or judges. Hebrew. elohim. App-4. See note on Exodus 22:9 .
3. For Jehovah is a great God. By these words the Psalmist reminds us what abundant grounds we have for praising God, and how far we are from needing to employ the lying panegyric with which...
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For 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 Su...
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods - not that the pagan gods are realities ( Psalms 96:4-5 ). The expre...
This Ps. (the 'Venite,' 'Invitatory Psalm') consists of a call to praise God as King, as the Creator of the world, and the Shepherd of His people ( Psalms 95:1-7 ), followed by a warning against unbe...
Above all gods. — Not here angelic beings, but the gods of surrounding tribes, as accurately explained in Psalms 96:4-5 . (Comp. Exodus 15:11 ; Exodus 18:11 .) Commentators vex themselves with t...
Psalms 95:1-11 THIS psalm is obviously divided into two parts, but there is no reason for seeing in these two originally unconnected fragments. Rather does each part derive force from the other; a...
Praise the Lord and Tempt Him not Psalms 95:1-11 This psalm is deeply inwoven into the life of the Church, because of the worshipful strain which pervades it, and also because of the illuminati...
We pause here to note a connection between a group of psalms, viz., Psalms 93:1-5 ; Psalms 94:1-23 ; Psalms 95:1-11 ; Psalms 96:1-13 ; Psalms 97:1-12 ; Psalms 98:1-9 ; Psalms 99:1-9 ; Psalms...
Here the Psalmist, taught by the Holy Ghost, brings forward some of the blessed causes for which Jesus claims the love, and praise, and unceasing adoration of his people. He is our Maker, and a great...
For the Lord is a great God ,.... Christ is truly and properly God, wherefore divine service is to be performed unto him; particularly singing psalms, setting forth therein his greatness and glory:...
For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods. Ver. 3. For the Lord is a great God ] Understand it of Christ, as the apostle also does, Heb 3:4 1 Corinthians 10:4 Above all...
O come, let us sing, unto the Lord , &c. Thus the pious Jews, in ancient times, exhorted and excited each other to employ their voices in honour of Jehovah, and to celebrate the rock of their s...
Invitation to Praise God; Motives to Praise. 1 O come, let us sing unto the L ORD : let us make a joyful noise to the r...
Above all that are accounted and called gods, angels, and earthly potentates, and especially the false gods of the heathens, which upon Christ's coming into the world were struck dumb, and could no...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is one of a series intended for the Temple worship, and possibly composed for some festal occasion. Both the joyfulness of its opening verses, and its general character, in...
Psalms 95:1 . O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. The worship of God should always be joyful, hence there is to be much singing in it. God...
The Jews with one consent refer this psalm to the days of the Messiah. St. Paul had therefore the fullest authority for addressing it to the Hebrews. It was composed by David, when God had put all ad...
O come, let us sing unto the Lord. The grandest of creature services I. It is the most righteous. Adoration rendered to-- 1. The greatest Being. (1) Great in Himself ( Psalms 95:3 ). (2...
EXPOSITION THIS is a liturgical psalm, probably composed for the temple service, and still used in the synagogue as one of the Friday evening Psalms which introduce the sabbath. The Western Ch...
Admonition to Praise Jehovah and Hear His Word. By comparing verse 8 of this psalm with Hebrews 4:7 , we find that it should be ascribed to David, either written by him personally or by one of hi...
Daniel 4:37 ; Exodus 18:11 ; Isaiah 44:8 ; Jeremiah 10:10 ; Jeremiah 10:10-16 ; Jeremiah 10:6 ; Jeremiah 10:7 ; Jeremiah 46:18 ; Jeremiah 48:15 ; Malachi 1:11 ; Malachi 1:14 ; Matthew 5:3...
God's — Above all that are called God's angels, earthly potentates, and especially the false gods of the Heathen.