Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever.
Parallel translations
- KJV O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- BSB Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.
- NKJV Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever.
- NASB Give thanks to the God of gods, For His faithfulness is everlasting.
- NLT Give thanks to the God of gods. His faithful love endures forever.
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Quick answer
Give thanks to the God of gods, supreme above every claimed power, for His love endures forever.
Overview
The psalm extols Yahweh as the God of gods, exalted infinitely above all so-called deities. Whatever powers people may revere, He alone is the true and living God worthy of thanks. His unrivaled supremacy and everlasting love are revealed in His Son, to whom every knee will one day bow.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Deut 10:17For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- 2 Chr 2:5“The house which I am building will be great; for our God is greater than all gods.
- Dan 2:47The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.
- Josh 22:22“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),
- Exod 18:11Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”
- Ps 97:7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
- Ps 82:1A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
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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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