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For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 95:3 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
  • BSB For the LORD is a great God, 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 the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
  • Jer 10:6–7Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
  • Ps 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
  • Ps 135:5For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
  • Ps 97:9For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
  • 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.
  • Matt 5:35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
  • Ps 47:2For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Ps 86:8–10Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
  • Ps 48:1–2Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  • Dan 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
  • Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
  • Jer 46:18As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
  • Jer 10:10–16But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Isa 44:8Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
  • Mal 1:14But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
  • Jer 48:15Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith 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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