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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

  • For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

  • 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.

  • For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

  • 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. …

  • 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:

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 a…

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