Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Parallel translations
- WEB let them praise Yahweh’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
- KJV Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- NKJV Let them praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and heaven.
- NASB ¶They are to praise the name of the Lord, For His name alone is exalted; His majesty is above earth and heaven.
- NLT Let them all praise the name of the Lord. For his name is very great; his glory towers over the earth and heaven!
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Quick answer
Let all praise the LORD, for His name alone is exalted and His glory is above earth and heaven. God's supreme majesty is the reason all creation must worship.
Overview
The summons reaches its climax: every creature should praise God because His name alone is supreme and His glory surpasses all creation. He is uniquely worthy of worship. This exalted name is given to Jesus, the name above every name (Philippians 2:9-11).
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Cross-references · 19
- Ps 113:4The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
- Ps 8:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- Ps 8:9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
- Isa 12:4and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- Ps 99:3–4Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
- Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Isa 33:5The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
- Song 5:9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
- Eph 4:10He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
- Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- 1 Chr 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Ps 108:4For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
- Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
- Ps 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
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