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Psalm 108:5

Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

3I will give thanks to you, LORD, among the nations. I will sing praises to you among the peoples.
4For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.
6That your beloved may be delivered, save with your right hand, and answer us.
7God has spoken from his sanctuary: “In triumph, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.
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“All the earth” gives this prayer a reach beyond any one nation or need: the desire is for God’s glory to be over every place.

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Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.The psalm asks for God to be exalted; Isaiah sees the Lord on a throne, high and lifted up.
Psalm 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!Both prayers ask God to be exalted above the heavens and speak of his glory in relation to all the earth.
Psalm 99:5Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!Both verses center on God’s exaltation, with Psalm 99 directing worshipers to exalt the LORD and worship at his footstool.
Psalm 148:13Let them praise the LORD’s name, for his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.Both passages speak of God’s exaltation and glory with a scope that includes the earth and the heavens.
Matthew 6:9–10Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.Both prayers seek God’s honor: the psalm asks for his exaltation, while Jesus teaches prayer that the Father’s name be kept holy.
Psalm 57:11Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.Both verses make the same request for God’s exaltation above the heavens and his glory over all the earth.
1 Chronicles 29:10–13Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.Both address God in praise; the psalm seeks his exaltation, and David blesses the LORD before the assembly.
Matthew 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’God’s glory is central to both prayers: the psalm asks for it over all the earth, and Matthew ascribes it to God forever.
Isaiah 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”The psalm asks for God’s glory over all the earth; Isaiah records the declaration that the whole earth is full of his glory.
Luke 11:2He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in …Both prayers seek God’s honor and extend their concern to earth, asking for his glory or his will to prevail there.
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Praise need not wait until the need for help has passed. This psalm asks for deliverance even as it seeks God’s exaltation above the heavens and glory over all the earth.

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