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25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.

1 Chronicles 16:25

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

  • Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. …

  • Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. …

  • Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

  • LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 7-36)

We have here the thanksgiving psalm which David, by the Spirit, composed, and delivered to the chief musician, to be sung upon occasion of the public entry the ark made into the tent prepared for it. Some think he appointed this hymn to be daily used in the temple service, as duly as the day came; whatever other psalms they sung, they must not omit this. David had penned many psalms before this, s…

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