The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
- KJV The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
- NKJV The Lord has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all.
- NASB ¶The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
- NLT The Lord has made the heavens his throne; from there he rules over everything.
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The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all. God's sovereign reign extends without exception over the whole creation.
Overview
David lifts his eyes from God's mercy to His majesty, declaring His universal sovereignty. Nothing lies outside His kingdom or escapes His rule. This reign is brought near and exercised in Christ, to whom all authority in heaven and on earth has been given (Matthew 28:18).
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Phil 2:9–10Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- Ps 9:7But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
- 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Dan 4:34–35But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Heb 8:1The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Isa 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
- Ps 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
- Dan 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
- Ps 2:4The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Eph 1:21–22far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
- Dan 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’
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