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For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods,
Psalms 95:3 · New American 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Jer 10:6–7There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • Ps 145:3Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
  • Ps 135:5For I know that Yahweh is great, that our Lord is above all gods.
  • Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
  • Exod 18:11Now I know that Yahweh is greater than all gods because of the thing in which they dealt arrogantly against them.”
  • Matt 5:35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  • Ps 47:2For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
  • Ps 86:8–10There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
  • Ps 48:1–2A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
  • Dan 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
  • Mal 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name is great among the nations,” says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Jer 46:18“As I live,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies, “surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
  • Jer 10:10–16But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
  • Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
  • Mal 1:14“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a defective thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”
  • Jer 48:15Moab is laid waste, and they have gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.

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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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