Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 93:4
The King of heaven is too strong for all earthly potentates, and will subdue them under his feet.
The King of heaven is too strong for all earthly potentates, and will subdue them under his feet.
Verse Psalms 93:4. _THE LORD _- IS _MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS_] Greater in strength than all the _peoples_ and _nations_ that can rise up against him. _MIGHTY WAVES OF THE SEA._] Even th...
THE LORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS - That is, he is more powerful than those waters; he is able to control them. See Psalms 65:7, note; Job 38:11, note. The original here is mo...
Psalms 93 Jehovah Reigneth This is a kingdom Psalm by an unknown author. The Lord reigneth in majesty. And under His reign the world is established; He is above all the floods of many waters, none c...
XCIII. GOD IN NATURE AND THE LAW. Psalms 93:1_ b_. Yahweh is apparelled with strength: He hath girded himself with? A word has fallen out at the end. Psalms 93:3. The floods are the chaotic powers w...
NOISE OF MANY WATERS. Compare Revelation 1:15; Revelation 14:2; Revelation 19:6. WAVES. breakers....
THE LORD ON HIGH, &C.— See Chandler's Life of David, vol. 1: p. 104....
Psalms 92-97 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day. ANALYSIS Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King. Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King. Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...
The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. THE LORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS, YEA, THAN THE MIGHTY WAVES OF THE SEA...
This Ps., along with Psalms 95-100, celebrates God as King. The thought which is common to this whole group seems to have been awakened by a national deliverance, which was probably the return from th...
NOISE] RV 'voices.'...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE *LORD IS KING! PSALMS 93 (THE FIRST *ROYAL PSALM) The Roman leader said to Jesus, "Are you the King of the *Jews?" And Jesus said to him, "(Yes), it is as y...
SEA. — Whether this description of a raging sea is to be taken literally, or as emblematic of war and its horrors, is doubtful....
מִ קֹּלֹ֨ות ׀ מַ֤יִם רַבִּ֗ים אַדִּירִ֣ים מִשְׁבְּרֵי...
Psalms 93:1 THIS is the first of a group of psalms celebrating Jehovah as King. It is followed by one which somewhat interrupts the unity of subject in the group, but may be brought into connection wi...
THE LORD WHO RULETH OVER ALL Psalms 93:1; Psalms 94:1 It is thought that these two psalms date from the Assyrian invasion in Hezekiah's time, and that the psalmist compares the strength of Sennacheri...
There is a great majesty about this song. It celebrates Jehovah's assumption of the throne and government. The form in which the preliminary statements are made conveys the impression, not so much of...
All the opposition made against Christ and his kingdom, and against Christ and his people, is alike vain and impotent as the striving of the waves which dash against the rocks. Like Noah in the ark, t...
Psalms 93 states the grand and blessed results. Jehovah reigns. Ever indeed was His throne established, but the floods had lifted up their voice. The waves of ungodly men had risen up high. Jehovah on...
THE LORD ON HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAN THE NOISE OF MANY WATERS,.... Christ is the most High; he is God over all, higher than the highest; he is, as King, higher than the kings of the earth; he is in the h...
The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea. Ver. 4. _The Lord on high is mightier_] He defeats tyrants and persecutors, be they never so ter...
_Thy throne is established of old_, &c. This kingdom of thine is no new or upstart kingdom; as it may seem to the ignorant world, but the most ancient of all kingdoms, being from everlasting to everla...
THE ETERNAL MAJESTY OF THE MESSIAH. Even the Jewish commentators applied this psalm to the times of the Messiah. It is a glorious song of praise to Jehovah, the second person of the Godhead, and to t...
The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea, on His height, the undisturbed Ruler, sits Jehovah, Messiah, who reigns forever, in whose eyes the wi...
Psalms 93:4 LORD H3068 high H4791 mightier H117 noise H6963 many H7227 waters H4325 mighty H117 waves H4867 sea...
CONTENTS: The honor of God's kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The majesty of God's Kingdom eclipses all others. He can do everything; with Him nothing is impossible. Let not the Chris...
This psalm was sung when David removed the ark, and triumphed over every foe. But to this, and some following psalms, there is no title in the Hebrew, nor in the Hexapla of Origen, nor in Eusebius, as...
_The Lord reigneth; He is clothed with majesty._ THE SUPREME RULER OF THE WORLD The psalm teaches the following things concerning the rule of God over the world:-- I. It is all-glorious. God “clothe...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 93:1. Psalms 29:1; Psalms 93:1;...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 93:3 To an Israelite, the raging SEA (also called FLOODS and MANY WATERS) was the most vivid picture of uncontrollable chaos. The divine king is...
INTRODUCTION The author of this Psalm and the occasion on which it was written are unknown. “The sum and substance of this Psalm,” says Perowne, “is contained in the eighth verse of the preceding Psal...
EXPOSITION Line the preceding, a psalm of praise. Jehovah is set forth as manifesting himself in the character of King. He robes himself in majesty, and reigns openly. The world, unstable as it may se...
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. Thy throne is established of...
Jeremiah 5:22; Job 38:11; Mark 4:37; Psalms 114:3; Psalms 65:7;...