May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
Parallel translations
- WEB that they may know that you alone, whose name is Yahweh, are the Most High over all the earth.
- KJV That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- NKJV That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
- NASB So that they will know that You alone, whose name is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.
- NLT Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme over all the earth.
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Quick answer
The psalm's goal is that all may know that the LORD alone, Yahweh, is the Most High over all the earth. God's ultimate aim is the recognition of His supremacy.
Overview
The climax reveals the deepest purpose behind the prayer: not merely Israel's safety but the universal acknowledgment that Yahweh alone is God Most High over all the earth. God's actions in history serve the glory of His name. This anticipates the day when every knee will bow and confess His lordship through Christ (Phil. 2:10-11).
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by My name the LORD I did not make Myself known to them.
- Ps 59:13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
- Jer 16:21“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.
- Ezek 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- 2 Kgs 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Ps 97:9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
- Dan 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
- Isa 42:8I am the LORD; that is My name! I will not yield My glory to another or My praise to idols.
- Ezek 30:19So I will execute judgment on Egypt, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
- 1 Kgs 18:37Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
- Ps 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Mic 4:13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
- Ps 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Gen 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Dan 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
- Zech 4:14So he said, “These are the two anointed ones who are standing beside the Lord of all the earth.”
- Ps 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
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