Psaumes 135:5

La Bible Ostervald

Car je sais que l'Éternel est grand, et notre Seigneur au-dessus de tous les dieux.

Parallel Translations

Darby's French Translation
Car je sais que l'�ternel est grand, et que notre Seigneur est au-dessus de tous les dieux.

Louis Segond (1910)
Je sais que l'Eternel est grand, Et que notre Seigneur est au-dessus de tous les dieux.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Certainement je sais que l'Eternel est grand, et que notre Seigneur [est] au-dessus de tous les dieux.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I know: Psalms 48:1, Psalms 86:8-10, Psalms 89:6, Psalms 95:3, Psalms 96:4, Psalms 96:5, Psalms 97:9, Deuteronomy 10:17, Isaiah 40:22, Isaiah 40:25, Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 10:11, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:11 - the Lord 2 Samuel 7:22 - Wherefore 2 Chronicles 2:5 - great is our God Psalms 59:13 - and let Psalms 147:5 - Great Isaiah 36:18 - Hath Daniel 2:45 - the great

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I know that the Lord [is] great,.... Jehovah the Father is great in his perfections; in his power, wisdom, faithfulness, grace, and goodness; and in his works of creation, providence, and grace: and so is Jehovah the Son, who seems chiefly designed, who is called "our Lord" or "Adon" in the next clause; he is great, having the same perfections his Father has; and doing the same works, besides the miracles he wrought here on earth, and the great work of our redemption: he is the great God and our Saviour, and a great Saviour he is; and indeed he is great in all his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King: and so is the blessed Spirit, who is equal to the Father and Son, and greater than he that is in the world. Now all this the psalmist could say from his own knowledge; he knew the Lord was great, from the consideration and meditation of his wondrous works; he knew the greatness of Christ, from the revelation made to him of his person, offices, and grace; he knew the greatness of the divine Spirit, from the inward experience of his upon his heart, as well as from his being divinely inspired by him; and because of this greatness of the Lord, as well as his goodness, he is to be praised; it is mentioned as a reason of it;

and [that] our Lord [is] above all gods; the Lord our righteousness; Immanuel, God with us: our Lord, not only by right of creation, but of redemption; he is above all that the Heathens called gods, even the greatest of them; not the idols their hands made only, but the heavens and all the host of them, the sun, moon, and stars; his glory is above them, being the Maker of them, as God; and he is made higher than they, as man and Mediator: he is above civil magistrates, princes, and kings of the earth, called gods, Psalms 82:5; he is King of kings, and Lord of lords, he is higher than they; by him they reign, and to him they are accountable; and he is above the angels, sometimes called "Elohim", or gods, Psalms 8:5; he has a more excellent name and nature than they; he is the Creator of them, the object of their worship, to whom they minister, whose servants they are; and he is now exalted above them in the human nature, at the right hand of God; see Hebrews 1:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For I know - I, as the representative of Israel, and speaking in the, name of the people. This is said as the foundation or the reason for praise. It was the thorough conviction of the psalmist that God was great above all who were claimed to be gods, and that he only was worthy of worship.

That the Lord is great - See the notes at Psalms 95:3.

And that our Lord is above all gods - All that are worshipped as gods.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 135:5. The Lord is great — Unlimited in his power: another reason.

Is above all gods. — Every class of being, whether idolized or not; because he is the Fountain of existence. This is a fifth reason.