¶The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty 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.
- 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.
- 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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- Ps 47:2For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
- Phil 2:9–10Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- Ps 9:7But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
- 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
- Ps 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
- Dan 4:34–35At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
- Heb 8:1Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
- Isa 66:1Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
- Ps 115:3But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
- Dan 4:25that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
- Ps 2:4He who sits in the heavens will laugh. The Lord will have them in derision.
- Eph 1:21–22far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
- Dan 4:17The sentence 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 rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.
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