The Lord is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
- KJV The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
- BSB Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
- NASB The Lord is great in Zion, And He is exalted above all the peoples.
- NLT The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem, exalted above all the nations.
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Quick answer
The LORD is great in Zion and exalted over all peoples. His greatness is known where He dwells and extends to all nations.
Overview
God's greatness is centered in Zion, His chosen dwelling among His people, yet it rises above every nation. This balances God's nearness to His covenant people with His supremacy over the whole world. In Christ, God's presence and rule extend from a particular people to all the nations who trust in Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
- Isa 14:32What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
- Isa 12:6Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion; for the Holy One of Israel is great among you!”
- Dan 4:34–35At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation.
- Jas 4:6–7But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
- Ps 66:7He rules by his might forever. His eyes watch the nations. Don’t let the rebellious rise up against him. Selah.
- Heb 12:22–24But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
- Ps 48:1–3A 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.
- Ps 76:1–2For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song. In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
- Ps 113:4Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
- Ps 50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
- Rev 14:1–5I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
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