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Psalm 93:1
The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
1The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
2Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.
3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
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Majesty and strength belong to the reigning YHWH, and the declaration that the world stands firm can challenge your sense that everything rests on fragile supports.
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Psalm 96:10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.Both passages proclaim that the LORD reigns and repeat that the world is established and cannot be moved.
Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, …Both announce God's reign, with Isaiah presenting that announcement to Zion as good news of peace and salvation.
1 Chronicles 29:12Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!Both join God's rule with his strength; Chronicles also names him as the source of strength for others.
Revelation 19:6I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the …Both proclaim that God reigns, joining the declaration of his rule with language of his might.
Psalm 99:1The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.Both open with the same proclamation of the LORD's reign, though one describes an unmoved world and the other a trembling earth.
Psalm 103:19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.Both describe God's established rule, with Psalm 93 naming the world's stability and Psalm 103 the throne established in heaven.
Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock.Both associate the LORD with firmness: Psalm 93 describes an established world, while Isaiah names him an everlasting Rock.
Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”The shared thread is God's power: the psalm declares his strength, while Genesis questions whether anything exceeds his ability.
Psalm 18:32the God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?Both use the language of being armed with strength, describing God's own strength here and strength he gives in Psalm 18.
Isaiah 45:18For the LORD who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited …Both describe the earth as established, with Isaiah naming the LORD as the one who formed and established it.
Isaiah 45:12I have made the earth, and created man on it. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. I have commanded all their army.Both speak of God's authority in relation to the world, with Isaiah naming his creation of earth and command over heaven.
Daniel 4:32–34You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass like oxen. Seven times shall pass over …Both declare divine rule, with Daniel specifying that the Most High governs human kingdoms and gives them to whom he wills.
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The floods will raise their voices later in this psalm. Their noise does not cancel its opening declaration: YHWH reigns, clothed with majesty and armed with strength.
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