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Verse Psalms 95:3. _FOR THE LORD_ IS _A GREAT GOD_] Or, "A great God
is Jehovah, and a great King above all gods;" or, "God is a great King
over all." The Supreme Being has _three_ names here: אל EL,...
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FOR THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD - For Yahweh is a great God. The object is
to exalt Jehovah, the true God, as distinguished from all who were
worshipped as gods. The first idea is that he is “great;” that...
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Psalms 95
In Anticipation of His Coming
_ 1. Singing unto Him? (Psalms 95:1)_
2. Let us worship and bow down (Psalms 95:6)
It is a call to Israel in anticipation of the soon appearing of the
expec...
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XCV. A HYMN OF PRAISE. The greatness of God in nature. A warning from
the history of Israel in the wilderness. There is no cogent reason for
dividing the Ps. into two. For Massah and Meribah. see Exod...
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GOD. Hebrew EL App-4.
GODS. rulers, or judges. Hebrew. _elohim._ App-4. See note on Exodus
22:9....
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Psalms 92-97
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Service of Song for a Sabbath Day.
ANALYSIS
Psalms 92: Personal SongProbably by a King.
Psalms 93: Jehovah Proclaimed King.
Psalms 94: Prayer for Vengeance on the...
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For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
FOR THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD, AND A GREAT KING ABOVE ALL GODS - not
that the pagan gods are realities (Psalms 96:4). The expression is
a...
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This Ps. (the 'Venite,' 'Invitatory Psalm') consists of a call to
praise God as King, as the Creator of the world, and the Shepherd of
His people (Psalms 95:1), followed by a warning against unbelief,...
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Psalms 90:106
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE!
PSALMS 95
(THE SECOND *ROYAL PSALM)
Jesus said, "Go and do not break God's rules again". ...
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ABOVE ALL GODS. — Not here angelic beings, but the gods of
surrounding tribes, as accurately explained in Psalms 96:4. (Comp.
Exodus 15:11; Exodus 18:11.) Commentators vex themselves with the
difficul...
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כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּדֹ֣ול יְהוָ֑ה וּ
מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝דֹ
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Psalms 95:1
THIS psalm is obviously divided into two parts, but there is no reason
for seeing in these two originally unconnected fragments. Rather does
each part derive force from the other; and noth...
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PRAISE THE LORD AND TEMPT HIM NOT
Psalms 95:1
This psalm is deeply inwoven into the life of the Church, because of
the worshipful strain which pervades it, and also because of the
illuminating manner...
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We pause here to note a connection between a group of psalms, viz.,
Psalms 93:1; Psalms 94:1; Psalms 95:1; Psalms 96:1;...
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For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all (b) gods.
(b) Even the angels (who in respect to men are thought as gods) are
nothing in his sight, much less the idols, which man's brain in...
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Here the Psalmist, taught by the Holy Ghost, brings forward some of
the blessed causes for which Jesus claims the love, and praise, and
unceasing adoration of his people. He is our Maker, and a great...
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3._For Jehovah is a great God_. By these words the Psalmist reminds us
what abundant grounds we have for praising God, and how far we are
from needing to employ the lying panegyric with which rhetoric...
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From Psalms 95 to 100 we have the progress of the introduction of the
Only-begotten into the world most distinctly brought out; but here,
all through, seen as Jehovah coming from heaven in judgment, a...
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FOR THE LORD IS A GREAT GOD,.... Christ is truly and properly God,
wherefore divine service is to be performed unto him; particularly
singing psalms, setting forth therein his greatness and glory: and...
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_O come, let us sing, unto the Lord_, &c. Thus the pious Jews, in
ancient times, exhorted and excited each other to employ their voices
in honour of Jehovah, and to celebrate _the rock of their salvat...
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ADMONITION TO PRAISE JEHOVAH AND HEAR HIS WORD.
By comparing verse 8 of this psalm with Hebrews 4:7, we find that it
should be ascribed to David, either written by him personally or by
one of his sin...
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For the Lord is a great God, occupying a position of unique grandeur
in this respect, AND A GREAT KING ABOVE ALL GODS, the idols falsely
called gods by the heathen....
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1-7 Whenever we come into God's presence, we must come with
thanksgiving. The Lord is to be praised; we do not want matter, it
were well if we did not want a heart. How great is that God, whose the
w...
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Above all that are accounted and called GODS, angels, and earthly
potentates, and especially the false gods of the heathens, which upon
Christ's coming into the world were struck dumb, and could no mo...
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Psalms 95:3 LORD H3068 great H1419 God H410 great H1419 King H4428
gods H430
For - Psalms
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Psalms 95:1. _O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful
noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence
with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalm...
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Psalms 95:1. _O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful
noise to the rock of our salvation._
The worship of God should always be joyful, hence there is to be much
singing in it. God is...
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CONTENTS: A call to praise God as our gracious benefactor.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: It is due our God and King that we should speak forth and
sing forth His praises out of the abundanc...
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The Jews with one consent refer this psalm to the days of the Messiah.
St. Paul had therefore the fullest authority for addressing it to the
Hebrews. It was composed by David, when God had put all adj...
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_O come, let us sing unto the Lord._
THE GRANDEST OF CREATURE SERVICES
I. It is the most righteous. Adoration rendered to--
1. The greatest Being.
(1) Great in Himself (Psalms 95:3).
(2) Great in...
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_For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods._
ON THE EXISTENCE, GREATNESS, AND GOVERNMENT OF GOD
I. The transcendent greatness of the psalmist’s God.
1. He is great in the eternity...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 95:1. This psalm encourages its singers
to learn from the rebellion of a previous generation. They should
faithfully heed God’s “voice” (vv. Psalm
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INTRODUCTION
“This Psalm is one of a series intended for the Temple worship, and
possibly composed for some festal occasion. Both the joyfulness of its
opening verses, and its general character, in wh...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is a liturgical psalm, probably composed for the temple service,
and still used in the synagogue as one of the Friday evening Psalms
which introduce the sabbath. The Western Church has...
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O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the
rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the
LOR...
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Daniel 4:37; Exodus 18:11; Isaiah 44:8; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 10
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God's — Above all that are called God's angels, earthly potentates,
and especially the false gods of the Heathen....