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Psalm 96:4

For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.

2Sing to the LORD! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
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Praise and fear meet in the same sentence, giving worship a weight that comes from YHWH’s greatness and his supremacy above all gods.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Psalm 95:3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.Both psalms declare the LORD’s greatness and his supremacy above all gods.
Jeremiah 10:6–7There is no one like you, LORD. You are great, and your name is great in might.Both passages proclaim the LORD’s greatness, with Jeremiah expressing his unmatched might.
Psalm 145:3Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.Both verses join the LORD’s greatness to his worthiness of praise.
Psalm 18:3I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies.Both verses declare the LORD worthy of praise; Psalm 18 connects that praise with deliverance from enemies.
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 join fear of the Lord with worship that honors him.
Psalm 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.Both verses proclaim the Lord’s greatness; Psalm 147 also names his might and infinite understanding.
2 Samuel 7:22Therefore you are great, LORD God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.Both passages declare the LORD great and deny any other god a place equal to him.
Luke 12:5But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.Both passages direct fear toward God; Luke adds a warning about his power to cast into Gehenna.
Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods because of the way that they treated people arrogantly.”Both passages affirm that the LORD is greater than all gods.
2 Samuel 22:4I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies.Both verses name the LORD as worthy of praise; Samuel’s passage also speaks of salvation from enemies.
Jeremiah 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD; ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it can’t …Both passages speak of fearing the LORD; Jeremiah connects that fear with his rule over the sea.
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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).