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For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
Psalms 95:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
  • KJV For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
  • NKJV For the Lord is the great God, And the great King above all gods.
  • NASB For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods,
  • NLT For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods.

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Quick answer

The LORD is a great God and great King above all gods. He alone is the supreme King over every power.

Overview

The reason for worship (v.1-2) is God's incomparable greatness and kingship. Whatever else people call 'gods,' the LORD reigns supreme over all. This exclusive supremacy is shared by Christ, the King of kings to whom every knee will bow (1 Timothy 6:15; Philippians 2:10-11).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • Ps 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Jer 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
  • Ps 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
  • Ps 135:5For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
  • Ps 97:9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
  • Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  • Matt 5:35or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  • Ps 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
  • Ps 86:8–10O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
  • Ps 48:1–2A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  • Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
  • Mal 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
  • Jer 46:18As surely as I live, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, there will come one who is like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.
  • Jer 10:10–16But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  • Isa 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
  • Mal 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
  • Jer 48:15Moab has been destroyed and its towns have been invaded; the best of its young men have gone down in the slaughter, declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 95:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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