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Psalm 97

Psa. 97:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For thou, Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, art high above
'elyown (Hebrew #5945)
an elevation, i.e. (adj.) lofty (compar.); as title, the Supreme
KJV usage: (Most, on) high(-er, -est), upper(-most).
Pronounce: el-yone'
Origin: from 5927
all the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: thou art exalted
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
far above
m`od (Hebrew #3966)
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
KJV usage: diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), X louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very (+ much, sore), well.
Pronounce: meh-ode'
Origin: from the same as 181
all gods
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Gods; Goddess

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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high.
Psa. 83:18• 18That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. (Psa. 83:18)
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Eph. 1:21• 21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: (Eph. 1:21)
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Phil. 2:9‑11• 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Phil. 2:9‑11)
far.
Psa. 95:3• 3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. (Psa. 95:3)
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Psa. 96:4• 4For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. (Psa. 96:4)
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Psa. 115:3‑8• 3But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
 4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
 5They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
 6They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
 7They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
 8They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. (Psa. 115:3‑8)
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Psa. 135:5• 5For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. (Psa. 135:5)
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Ex. 18:11• 11Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. (Ex. 18:11)
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Jer. 10:8,10• 8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
 10But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. (Jer. 10:8,10)
• The judgment of the wicked and the deliverance of Zion will lead to the exaltation of Jehovah in His universal sway above all the earth. (“Psalms 97” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth; thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.