The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh sat enthroned at the Flood. Yes, Yahweh sits as King forever.
- BSB The LORD sits enthroned over the flood; the LORD is enthroned as King forever.
- NKJV The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, And the Lord sits as King forever.
- NASB ¶The Lord sat as King at the flood; Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
- NLT The Lord rules over the floodwaters. The Lord reigns as king forever.
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Quick answer
The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood and reigns as King forever. It declares God's sovereign rule over judgment and history.
Overview
Recalling the Flood, the psalm affirms that God reigns supreme even over the most catastrophic events. His kingship is not threatened by chaos but rules over it eternally. This enthroned King is revealed in Christ, who reigns forever over all things.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Gen 6:17And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
- Ps 10:16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
- 1 Tim 1:17Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
- Mark 4:41And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?
- Gen 8:1–2And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
- Job 38:8–11Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
- Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- Ps 99:1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
- Ps 2:6–9Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Dan 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Ps 29:3The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
- Job 38:25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
- Ps 65:7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
- Ps 93:1The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
- Ps 104:6–9Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
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