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Psalms 57:5

Soar high in the skies, O God! Cover the whole earth with your glory!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Glorifying God;   God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Honour;   Honour God;   Honour-Dishonour;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Glorifying God;   Glory of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Exaltation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Al-Tashheth;   Music and Musical Instruments;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glory;   God;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alliteration and Kindred Figures;   Jose of Mallaḥaya;   Son of Man;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God, be exalted above the heavens;let your glory be over the whole earth.
Hebrew Names Version
Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the eretz!
King James Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
English Standard Version
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth!
New Century Version
God is supreme over the skies; his majesty covers the earth.
New English Translation
Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
Amplified Bible
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory and majesty be over all the earth.
New American Standard Bible
Be exalted above the heavens, God; May Your glory be above all the earth.
World English Bible
Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauen, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Be exalted above the heavens, O God;Let Your glory be above all the earth.
Berean Standard Bible
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
Contemporary English Version
May you, my God, be honored above the heavens; may your glory be seen everywhere on earth.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am surrounded by lions, I am lying down among people breathing fire, men whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongues sharp-edged swords.
Darby Translation
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!
Easy-to-Read Version
God, rise above the heavens! Let all the world see your glory.
George Lamsa Translation
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Good News Translation
Show your greatness in the sky, O God, and your glory over all the earth.
Lexham English Bible
Be exalted above the heavens, O God. Let your glory be above all the earth.
Literal Translation
Be praised above the heavens, O God; let Your glory be over the whole earth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
euen amonge the children of men, whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sharpe swerde.
American Standard Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let thy glory be above all the earth.
Bible in Basic English
O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame;
King James Version (1611)
Be thou exalted, O God, aboue the heauens: let thy glory be aboue all the earth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen: thy glory is aboue all the earth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.
English Revised Version
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, be thou enhaunsid aboue heuenes; and thi glorie aboue al erthe.
Update Bible Version
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; [Let] your glory [be] above all the earth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.
New King James Version
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let Your glory be above all the earth.
New Living Translation
Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens! May your glory shine over all the earth.
New Life Bible
Be lifted up above the heavens, O God. Let Your shining-greatness be above all the earth.
New Revised Standard
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Be exalted Above the Heavens, O God, Above all the earth, thy glory!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(56-6) Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
Revised Standard Version
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
Young's Literal Translation
Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth.

Contextual Overview

1A David Psalm, When He Hid in a Cave from Saul Be good to me, God—and now! I've run to you for dear life. I'm hiding out under your wings until the hurricane blows over. I call out to High God, the God who holds me together. He sends orders from heaven and saves me, he humiliates those who kick me around. God delivers generous love, he makes good on his word. 4 I find myself in a pride of lions who are wild for a taste of human flesh; Their teeth are lances and arrows, their tongues are sharp daggers. 5 Soar high in the skies, O God! Cover the whole earth with your glory! 6 They booby-trapped my path; I thought I was dead and done for. They dug a mantrap to catch me, and fell in headlong themselves.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Be thou: Psalms 57:11, Psalms 21:13, Psalms 108:4, Psalms 108:5, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:17, Isaiah 12:4, Isaiah 37:20, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:10

above: Psalms 8:1, Psalms 113:4-6

thy glory: Psalms 72:19, Psalms 148:13, Numbers 14:21, Isaiah 6:3, Habakkuk 2:14, Habakkuk 3:3

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 29:11 - exalted Psalms 18:46 - exalted Psalms 46:10 - I will be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens,.... That is, show thyself to be God, that sittest in the heavens, and art higher than they, by saving me, and disappointing mine enemies; that I, and those that are with me, may magnify the Lord and exalt his name together. The Targum is,

"be thou exalted above the angels of heaven, O God;''

[let] thy glory [be] above all the earth; that is, above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Chaldee paraphrase: let the glory of God in my deliverance be seen by all that dwell upon the earth; for by how much the lower and more distressed his case and condition were, by so much the more would the glory of God be displayed in bringing him out of it. Nothing lies nearer the hearts of the people of God than his glory; this is more desirable than their own salvation: David breathes after the one, when he says nothing of the other, that being uppermost; though his meaning is, that the one might be brought about by the other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens - Compare Psalms 8:1. The language here is that of a man who in trouble lifts his thoughts to God; who feels that God reigns; who is assured in his own soul that all things are under his hand; and who is desirous that God should be magnified whatever may become of himself. His prime and leading wish is not for himself, for his own safety, for his own deliverance from danger; it is that “God” may be honored - that the name of God may be glorified - that God may be regarded as supreme over all things - that God may be exalted in the highest possible degree - an idea expressed in the prayer that he may be exalted “above the heavens.”

Let thy glory be above all the earth - The honor of thy name; thy praise. Let it be regarded, and be in fact, “above” all that pertains to this lower world; let everything on earth, or that pertains to earth, be subordinate to thee, or be surrendered for thee. This was the comfort which David found in trouble. And this “is” the only true source of consolation. The welfare of the universe depends on God; and that God should be true, and just, and good, and worthy of confidence and love - that he should reign, - that his law should be obeyed - that his plans should be accomplished, - is of more importance to the universe than anything that merely pertains to us; than the success of any of our own plans; than our health, our prosperity, or our life.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 57:5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens — Let the glory of thy mercy and truth be seen in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath. Several of the fathers apply what is said above to the passion of our Lord, and what is said here to his resurrection.


 
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