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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 95:3

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, יהוה JEHOVAH, אלהים ELOHIM, and we should apply none of them to false gods. The first implies his strength; the second his being and essence; the third, his covenant relation to mankind. In public worship these are the views we should entertain of the Divine Being.

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See also Psalms 95:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GOD. Hebrew EL App-4. GODS. rulers, or judges. Hebrew. _elohim._ App-4. See note on Exodus 22:9....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּדֹ֣ול יְהוָ֑ה וּ מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝דֹ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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;...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _For the LORD [is] a great God, and a great King above all gods._ Ver. 3. _For the Lord is a great God_] Understand it of Christ, as the apostle also does, Heb 3:4 1 Corinthians 10:4 _ Above all god...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 95:3 LORD H3068 great H1419 God H410 great H1419 King H4428 gods H430 For - Psalms

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Daniel 4:37; Exodus 18:11; Isaiah 44:8; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 10

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    God's — Above all that are called God's angels, earthly potentates, and especially the false gods of the Heathen....

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