Psalm 97:9

9 For you, O Yahweh, [are] most high over all the earth. You are highly exalted above all gods.

Psalm 97:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 97:9

For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth
Above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Targum; he is highly exalted above every name, men of the greatest name that is named in the world; he is made higher than the heavens, and the inhabitants of it; and has all power in heaven and earth, as Mediator; and, as a divine Person, he is the most high God, as the word "Elion", here used, signifies; and all this lays a foundation for joy and gladness in the saints; even the dignity of Christ's person, and the exaltation of him in the human nature:

thou art exalted far above all gods:
not only the fictitious deities of the Gentiles, or the greatest potentates upon earth, being made higher than the kings of the earth, who are called gods; but also than the angels in heaven; he is set down at the right hand of God, where they are not, and never were, nor shall be; angels, authorities, and powers, being subject to him, ( Hebrews 1:13 ) ( 1 Peter 3:22 ) .

Psalm 97:9 In-Context

7 Let all who serve an image be ashamed, those who boast about idols. Worship him, all you gods.

8 Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments, O Yahweh.

9 For you, O Yahweh, [are] most high over all the earth. You are highly exalted above all gods.

10 You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He protects the lives of his faithful; he delivers them from [the] hand of [the] wicked.

11 Light [is] sown for the righteous, and joy for [the] upright in heart.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "very"