Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Psalms 93:3
Verse Psalms 93:3. The floods have lifted up] Multitudes of people have confederated against thy people; and troop succeeds troop as the waves of the sea succeed each other.
Verse Psalms 93:3. The floods have lifted up] Multitudes of people have confederated against thy people; and troop succeeds troop as the waves of the sea succeed each other.
THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP, O LORD, THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE - The word here rendered “floods,” means properly rivers, and then it may be applied to any waters. The word voice here refers...
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...
THE FLOODS. Note the Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), for emphasis, Generally applied to rivers....
THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP, O LORD— Instead of _waves_ at the end of the verse, some translators read _roar,_ which is equivalent to _voice._ The meaning of the verse is, "Multitudes of combined enemie...
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 floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP, O LORD, THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE. "The floods" are...
93:3 floods (b-2) floods (b-8) floods (b-14) Or 'rivers.' so Psalms 98:8 ....
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...
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...
WAVES. — Better, for the parallelism, _roaring:_ but literally, _breaking of the waves on the shore._ FLOODS, here poetically for the sea, as in Psalms 24:2. LIFT UP. — The repetition of the verb th...
נָשְׂא֤וּ נְהָרֹ֨ות ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה נָשְׂא֣וּ נְהָרֹ֣ות קֹולָ֑ם...
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...
(c) The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. (c) God's power appears in ruling the furious waters....
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...
3_The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah! _Various meanings have been attached to this verse. Some think there is an allusion to the violent assaults made upon the Church by her enemies, and the goodnes...
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 FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP, O LORD, THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE,.... The Targum adds, "in a song,'' taking the words in a good sense; and so some of the ancients, as Jerome particularly, un...
_The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves._ Ver. 3. _The floods have lifted up, O Lord_] Armies of enemies have attempted great matters...
_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 floods have lifted up, O Lord, the streams of His adversaries have arisen, THE FLOODS HAVE LIFTED UP THEIR VOICE; THE FLOODS LIFT UP THEIR WAVES, the enmity of all Christ's opponents being compare...
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 FLOODS; the enemies of thy kingdom, who are oft compared to floods for their numbers, force, rage, &c. See ISAIAH 8:7,8 ISAIAH 17:12,13 JER 46:7,8. They have both by their words and actions made o...
Psalms 93:3 floods H5104 up H5375 (H8804) LORD H3068 floods H5104 up H5375 (H8804) voice H6963 floods...
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 floods. .. lift up their waves._ THOUGHTS FOR THE SEASIDE I. What are the waves saying to us of human life? Even in its greatest tranquillity there is its deep throb and moan; the sea is really...
_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...
Acts 4:25; Isaiah 17:12; Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 55:12; Jeremiah 46:7;...
Floods — The enemies of thy kingdom....