You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
Parallel translations
- WEB You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.
- KJV Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
- NKJV You alone are the Lord; You have made heaven, The heaven of heavens, with all their host, The earth and everything on it, The seas and all that is in them, And You preserve them all. The host of heaven worships You.
- NASB “You alone are the Lord. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their lights, The earth and everything that is on it, The seas and everything that is in them. You give life to all of them, And the heavenly lights bow down before You.
- NLT “You alone are the Lord. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.
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Quick answer
God alone is Yahweh, Creator and sustainer of heaven, earth, seas, and all their hosts. It matters because the prayer grounds confession in God's sovereign, sole deity.
Overview
The Levites' prayer begins with God as the one true Creator who made and preserves all things, and whom the heavenly host worships. This affirmation of God's uniqueness underlies all that follows: only such a God can be trusted to keep covenant and forgive. The New Testament applies creation through and for the Son (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16), so this Creator-God is revealed fully in Christ.
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- Isa 37:16“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Gen 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Rev 4:11“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
- Deut 10:14Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
- Deut 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Gen 2:1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
- Jer 10:11–12Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Isa 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- 2 Kgs 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Isa 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- Ps 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- Rev 5:11–13Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
- Rev 14:7And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”
- Ps 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- Col 1:15–17The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Heb 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Isa 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- 2 Kgs 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Isa 6:2–3Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
- Ps 148:2–4Praise Him, all His angels; praise Him, all His heavenly hosts.
- Mark 12:29–30Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.
- Ezek 20:11And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- Ps 103:21Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.
- Heb 1:6And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
- Ps 136:5–9By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Ps 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
- 1 Kgs 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
- John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
- Gen 32:2When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.
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