King James Version
Psalms 113:4 in the King James Version says “The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 113 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.”
Psalms 113:4 · KJV
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.
The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, dwelleth: Heb. exalteth himself to dwell
Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is high”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“above all nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“above the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“and his glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
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