Psalms 96:4 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 96:4

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

BSB

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ASV

For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods.

KJV

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For the Lord is great,.... In the perfections of his nature; in the works of his hands, of creation, providence, and redemption; and in the several offices he bears and executes: and greatly to be praised; because of his greatness and glory; See Gill on Psa 48:1, he is to be feared above all gods; the angels by whom he is worshipped; civil magistrates, among whom he presides, and judges; and all the fictitious deities of the Gentiles, who are not to be named with him, and to whom no fear, reverence, and worship, are due.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is no petty deity, presiding, as the heathen imagined their gods to do, over some one nation, or one department of nature. Jehovah is great in power and dominion, great in mind and act; nothing mean or narrow can be found in him or his acts, in all things he is infinite. Praise should be proportionate to its object, therefore let it be infinite when rendered unto the Lord. We cannot praise him too much, too often, too zealously, too carefully, too joyfully.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
גָ֘ד֤וֹל	ga.Dol	[is] great	H1419 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל	u.me.hu.Lal	and [is] to be praised	H1984 →
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
נוֹרָ֥א	no.Ra'	[is] to be feared	H3372 →
ה֝֗וּא	Hu'	he	H1931 →
עַל־	'al-	above	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	gods	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 15:4
Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
leads to
- Psalms 86:9
  All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Jeremiah 10:7
  Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
- Malachi 1:11
  For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Psalms 22:27
  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
Through
Psalms 95:3
For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
leads to
- Psalms 145:3
  Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 145:3
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
leads to
- Psalms 147:5
  Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
- Romans 11:33
  O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms