Psalms 95:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the LORD is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וּמֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים

Transliteration

For ʾēl gādôl YHWH and-melek gādôl over-all-ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/deity
• *gādôl*: masculine singular adjective - great
• *YHWH*: proper name - YHWH
• *melek*: masculine singular noun - king
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - gods/divine beings

Word Meanings

• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *gādôl*: great/large/mighty
• *melek*: king/sovereign
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/divine beings/God (intensive plural)

Referenced Verses

• Ps 96:4 : 4 For the LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods.
• Ps 97:9 : 9 For you, O LORD, are the Most High over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.
• Ps 145:3 : 3 The LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
• Ps 135:5 : 5 Yes, I know the LORD is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods.
• Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them.”
• Ps 48:1-2 : 1 A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The LORD is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill. 2 It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king.
• Jer 10:6-7 : 6 I said,“There is no one like you, LORD. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. 7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.
• Jer 10:10-16 : 10 The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. 11 You people of Israel should tell those nations this:‘These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.’ 12 The LORD is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies. 13 When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. 14 All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. 15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed. 16 The LORD, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. His name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
• Jer 46:18 : 18 I the King, whose name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea.
• Jer 48:15 : 15 Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, affirm it!
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride.
• Mal 1:11 : 11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 “There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and my name is awesome among the nations.”
• Matt 5:35 : 35 not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
• Ps 86:8-9 : 8 None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! 9 All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name. 10 For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.
• Ps 47:2 : 2 For the LORD Most High is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
• Isa 44:8 : 8 Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.