Psalms 93:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The LORD reigneth{H8804)}, he is clothed{H8804)} with majesty; the LORD is clothed{H8804)} with strength, wherewith he hath girded{H8694)} himself: the world also is stablished{H8735)}, that it cannot be moved{H8735)}.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֣ה מָלָךְ֮ גֵּא֢וּת לָ֫בֵ֥שׁ לָבֵ֣שׁ יְ֭הוָה עֹ֣ז הִתְאַזָּ֑ר אַף־תִּכּ֥וֹן תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל בַּל־תִּמּֽוֹט׃

Transliteration

YHWH mālāḵ gēʾût lāḇēš lāḇēš YHWH ʿōz hiṯʾazzār ʾap̄-tikkôn tēḇēl bal-timmôṭ

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: noun, proper name, subject
• *mālāḵ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned/ruled
• *gēʾût*: noun, feminine singular construct - majesty/excellency
• *lāḇēš*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - clothed/put on (repeated)
• *ʿōz*: noun, masculine singular - strength/might
• *hiṯʾazzār*: verb, hitpael perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - girded himself
• *ʾap̄-tikkôn*: particle + verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - indeed established is
• *tēḇēl*: noun, feminine singular - world/earth
• *bal-timmôṭ*: particle of negation + verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - not be moved

Word Meanings

• *mālāḵ*: reigned/is king/has become king
• *gēʾût*: majesty/pride/exaltation
• *lāḇēš*: clothed/put on/arrayed
• *ʿōz*: strength/might/power
• *hiṯʾazzār*: girded himself/clothed himself with strength
• *tikkôn*: established/fixed/prepared
• *tēḇēl*: world/habitable earth
• *bal-timmôṭ*: cannot be moved/will not be shaken

Referenced Verses

• Ps 96:10 : 10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
• Ps 65:6 : 6 Which by his strength setteth fast{H8688)} the mountains; being girded{H8737)} with power:
• Ps 97:1 : 1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
• Ps 99:1 : 1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
• 1 Chr 29:12 : 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Isa 49:8 : 8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Isa 51:16 : 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
• Job 40:10 : 10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
• Ps 18:32 : 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
• Ps 59:13 : 13 Consume{H8761)} them in wrath, consume{H8761)} them, that they may not be: and let them know{H8799)} that God ruleth{H8802)} in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
• Ps 103:19 : 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
• Ps 104:1-2 : 1 Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
• Ps 145:13 : 13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
• Isa 11:5 : 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.
• Isa 45:12 : 12 I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
• Ps 75:3 : 3 The earth and all the inhabitants{H8802)} thereof are dissolved{H8737)}: I bear up{H8765)} the pillars of it. Selah.
• Isa 59:17 : 17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.
• Isa 63:1 : 1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Dan 4:32-34 : 32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
• Matt 6:13 : 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
• Heb 1:2-3 : 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 1:8 : 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Rev 11:15-17 : 15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
• Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
• Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!