Then they will learn that you alone are called the Lord, that you alone are the Most High, supreme 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.
- BSB May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are 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.
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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 6:3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
- Ps 59:13Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Jer 16:21“Therefore behold, I will cause them to know, this once will I cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is Yahweh.”
- Ezek 38:23I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 2 Kgs 19:19Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Yahweh, are God alone.”
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- Dan 4:32You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.”
- Isa 42:8“I am Yahweh. That is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to engraved images.
- Ezek 30:19Thus will I execute judgments on Egypt; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- 1 Kgs 18:37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
- Ps 92:8But you, Yahweh, are on high forever more.
- Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
- Mic 4:13Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion; for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass; and you will beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain to Yahweh, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
- Ps 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you. I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
- Gen 22:14Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, “On Yahweh’s mountain, it will be provided.”
- Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- Isa 5:16but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
- Dan 4:25that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field, and you shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
- Zech 4:14Then he said, “These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”
- Ps 18:13Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
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