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The LORD Exalts the Humble

Psalms 113:4

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.
KJV
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
WEB
Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
ASV
Jehovah is high above all nations, And his glory above the heavens.
LSV
YHWH [is] high above all nations, || His glory [is] above the heavens.
YLT
High above all nations [is] Jehovah, Above the heavens [is] his honour.
DBY
Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
DRC112:4
The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.
GNV
The Lord is high aboue all nations, and his glorie aboue the heauens.
JPS
The LORD is high above all nations, His glory is above the heavens.
LXXE112:4
The Lord is high above all the nations; his glory is above the heavens.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
רָ֖ם עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br112:4
Ὑψηλὸς ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ὁ Κύριος, ἐπὶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
  • Psalms 99:2Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
  • Psalms 97:9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
  • Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
  • Isaiah 40:17All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
  • Isaiah 66:1This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?
  • Isaiah 40:22He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
  • Isaiah 40:15Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
  • Psalms 57:10–11For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
  • 1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

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