Bible Strands
Psalms 95:3
For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A psalmist addressing the assembly, giving the stated reason for the invitation to enter God's presence with thanksgiving (v. 2).
The words — 'el (אֵל, "a God") is the generic divine noun used as Yahweh's predicate, and ga.Dol (גָּדוֹל, "great") is repeated to bracket Him above all gods.
The thread — Psalms 96:4 pairs the same "great" with "feared above all gods"; Jeremiah 10:6 asserts no one is like Him; Psalms 145:3 calls His greatness unsearchable.
Why it lands — It demands that worship be calibrated to the scale of the one addressed: not a minor deity among many, but the supreme one above all others.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Cross-references
- Psalms 96:4 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- Jeremiah 10:6 There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Psalms 145:3 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 97:9 For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
- Psalms 135:5 For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.
- Exodus 18:11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Matthew 5:35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- Psalms 47:2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
- Psalms 48:1 A 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.
- Psalms 86:8 O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.