But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
Parallel translations
- WEB But you, Yahweh, are on high forever more.
- BSB But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!
- NKJV But You, Lord, are on high forevermore.
- NASB But You, Lord, are on high forever.
- NLT But you, O Lord, will be exalted forever.
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Quick answer
In contrast to the perishing wicked, the LORD is exalted forever. God's eternal supremacy is the anchor for the believer's confidence.
Overview
This single line stands at the heart of the psalm, contrasting the doomed evildoers with the LORD who reigns on high eternally. God's unchanging exaltation guarantees that justice will prevail. Christ now reigns exalted at the Father's right hand, assuring the same outcome (Philippians 2:9; Hebrews 1:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 83:18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
- Acts 12:22–24And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
- Ps 56:2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- Ps 93:4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Eccl 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Ps 102:26–27They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
- Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
- Dan 4:34–35And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
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