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诗篇 95:3
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因 耶 和 华 为 大 神 , 为 大 王 , 超 乎 万 神 之 上 。
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For: Psalms 86:8-10, Psalms 96:4, Psalms 97:9, Psalms 145:3, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7
a great: Psalms 47:2, Psalms 48:2, Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 46:18, Jeremiah 48:15, Daniel 4:37, Malachi 1:11, Malachi 1:14, Matthew 5:35
above: Psalms 135:5, Exodus 18:11, Isaiah 44:8, Jeremiah 10:10-16
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:14 - Is Joshua 22:22 - Lord God Psalms 100:3 - Know Psalms 145:1 - my God Ecclesiastes 5:8 - higher than they Ephesians 4:6 - who Revelation 10:5 - lifted
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the Lord is a great God,.... Christ is truly and properly God, wherefore divine service is to be performed unto him; particularly singing psalms, setting forth therein his greatness and glory: and he is a great one; great in power, wisdom, justice, truth, mercy, and grace; greatness is to be ascribed unto him, and worship given him, because of his greatness, Titus 2:13
and a great King over all gods; he is King of the whole world; his kingdom ruleth over all; he is King of kings, and Lord of lords; he is King of saints, the government of the whole church is upon his shoulders, which he exercises in the most wise, powerful, and righteous manner imaginable; he is above all that are called gods, all the nominal and fictitious deities of the Heathens; above all civil magistrates, who are gods by office; and above the angels, who have this name, 1 Peter 3:22. Aben Ezra interprets it of angels.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the Lord is a great God - For Yahweh is a great God. The object is to exalt Jehovah, the true God, as distinguished from all who were worshipped as gods. The first idea is that he is âgreat;â that he is exalted over all the universe; that he rules over all, and that he is to be worshipped as such.
And a great King above all gods - This does not mean that he is a great ruler of all other gods, as if they had a real existence, but that he is king or ruler far above all that were worshipped as gods, or to whom homage was paid. Whoever, or whatever was worshipped as God, Yahweh was supreme over all things. He occupied the throne; and all others must be beneath him, and under his dominion. If the sun, the moon, or the stars were worshipped - if the mountains or the rivers - if angels good or bad - yet Yahweh was above all these. If imaginary beings were worshipped, yet Yahweh in his perfections was exalted far above all that was ascribed to them, for He was the true God, and the Ruler of the universe, while they were beings of the imagination only.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 95:3. For the Lord is a great God — Or, "A great God is Jehovah, and a great King above all gods;" or, "God is a great King over all." The Supreme Being has three names here: ×× EL, ×××× JEHOVAH, ××××× ELOHIM, and we should apply none of them to false gods. The first implies his strength; the second his being and essence; the third, his covenant relation to mankind. In public worship these are the views we should entertain of the Divine Being.