For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Parallel translations
- WEB For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- BSB For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- NKJV For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- NASB For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- NLT Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
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Quick answer
The LORD is great and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all gods. God's supreme greatness deserves reverent, wholehearted praise.
Overview
The reason for worldwide praise is the LORD's incomparable greatness, far exceeding any so-called god. He alone is worthy of awe and adoration. This exclusive worship belongs to the one true God, fully revealed in Christ before whom every knee will bow (Philippians 2:10-11; Psalm 145:3).
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- Ps 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Jer 10:6–7Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Ps 18:3I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Rev 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- Ps 95:3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Ps 66:3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
- Ps 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- Ps 86:10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
- Ps 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- 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.
- Luke 12:5But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
- Ps 66:5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- Neh 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Jer 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Ps 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
- 1 Sam 4:8Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
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