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Psalm 89:7
a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
5The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.
6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
8LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
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Even among the holy ones in heaven, God stands beyond comparison, a claim that challenges small or casual thoughts of him.
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Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …Both passages describe fear as fitting before God, whose holiness and greatness set him above those who worship him.
Psalm 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.The fear surrounding God in heaven also belongs in the service and rejoicing described in Psalm 2.
Psalm 34:9Oh fear the LORD, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him.Both passages connect God’s holy ones with fear of him; Psalm 34 also speaks of his provision.
Psalm 96:4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.Both passages declare that God deserves fear above all others, expressing his greatness through comparison.
Psalm 47:2For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.Both passages name God as awesome, with Psalm 89 describing heaven’s council and Psalm 47 his kingship over earth.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.Both concern conduct in God’s presence: the psalm describes fear around him, while Ecclesiastes directs those approaching his house to listen.
Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be …Both passages connect nearness to God with honor due to him, expressed through fear in the psalm and holiness in Leviticus.
Hebrews 12:28–29Therefore, receiving a Kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s have grace, through which we serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,The awe surrounding God in the heavenly council also belongs to the service of God described in Hebrews.
Exodus 20:26You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’The link is limited: the psalm describes awe around God, while Exodus gives a rule for approaching his altar.
1 Chronicles 16:25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.Both passages declare that the LORD is to be feared above others because of his surpassing greatness.
Jeremiah 10:7Who shouldn’t fear you, King of the nations? For it belongs to you. Because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is no …Both passages join fear of God with his incomparable greatness, whether among heavenly beings or the nations’ wise men and rulers.
Acts 5:11Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.Fear marks both assemblies, though the psalm describes heaven’s council and Acts reports fear among those who heard these things.
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The God you worship has no equal among heaven’s holy ones. His greatness exceeds that of everyone gathered around him.
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