For he breaks the pride of princes, and the kings of the earth fear him.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- KJV He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
- BSB He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
- NKJV He shall cut off the spirit of princes; He is awesome to the kings of the earth.
- NASB He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
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Quick answer
God cuts off the spirit of princes and is feared by the kings of the earth.
Overview
The psalm closes by affirming God's supremacy over all earthly rulers. He humbles the proud spirit of princes and commands the reverence of kings. This sovereignty over the powerful assures God's people that no ruler stands beyond His authority, pointing to Christ, the King of kings before whom all will bow.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Zeph 3:6I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.
- Ps 68:12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
- Isa 13:6–8Wail; for the day of Yahweh is at hand! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Rev 6:15The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.
- 2 Chr 32:21Yahweh sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. When he had come into the house of his god, those who came out of his own bowels killed him there with the sword.
- Isa 24:21It shall happen in that day that Yahweh will punish the army of the high ones on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth.
- Ps 2:5Then he will speak to them in his anger, and terrify them in his wrath:
- Ps 48:4–6For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
- Ps 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
- Ps 47:2For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
- Ps 2:10Now therefore be wise, you kings. Be instructed, you judges of the earth.
- Josh 5:1When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.
- Rev 19:17–21I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, “Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,
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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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