He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
Parallel translations
- WEB He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
- KJV He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
- NKJV He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
- NASB He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
- NLT He is the Lord our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.
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Quick answer
He is the LORD our God, whose judgments are in all the earth. Israel's God is the sovereign Lord of the whole world.
Overview
The psalmist affirms that the covenant God of Israel is no local deity but the ruler whose justice spans the earth. His authority is universal. This God who reigns over all the earth has given that reign to Christ, before whom every nation will one day stand.
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- Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deut 26:17–18Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
- Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Ps 95:7For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,
- Gen 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Ps 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Deut 29:10–15All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
- Ps 48:10–11Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
- Josh 24:15–24But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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