The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
- BSB The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules 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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Quick answer
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).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 47:2For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
- Phil 2:9–10Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- Ps 9:7But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
- 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
- Ps 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Dan 4:34–35And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
- Heb 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
- Isa 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Ps 115:3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
- Dan 4:25That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
- Ps 2:4He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision.
- Eph 1:21–22Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- Dan 4:17This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
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