Psalms 135:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psalms 135:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 95:3
For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
Psalms 97:9
For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Daniel 6:26-27
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. …
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

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Commentary

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

(vv. 5-14)

The psalmist had suggested to us the goodness of God, as the proper matter of our cheerful praises; here he suggests to us the greatness of God as the proper matter of our awful praises; and on this he is most copious, because this we are less forward to consider. I. He asserts the doctrine of God’s greatness (Ps. 135:5): The Lord is great, great indeed, who knows no limits of time or place. He as…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

4-7. God’s choice of Israel is the first reason assigned for rendering praise; the next, His manifested greatness in creation and providence.