Psalms 96:4

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2 Sing to the Lord, bless His name;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.

3 Declare His glory among the¹ nations,
His wonders among all peoples.

4 For ^athe Lord is great and ^bgreatly to be praised;
^cHe is to be feared above all gods.

5 For ^aall the gods of the peoples are idols,
^bBut the Lord made the heavens.

6 Honor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and ^abeauty are in His sanctuary.

7 ^aGive¹ to the Lord, O families of the peoples,
Give to the Lord glory and strength.

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Barnes' Notes

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Psalms 96:4

For the Lord is great - Yahweh is great. See the notes at Psalms 77:13. This verse is taken literally from I Chronicles 16:25.

And greatly to be praised - Worthy of exalted praise and adoration.

He is to be feared above all gods - He is to be reverenced and adored above all that are called gods. Higher honor is to be given him; more lofty praise is to be ascribed to him. He is Ruler over all the earth, and has a claim to universal praise. Even if it were admitted that they were real gods, yet it would still be true that they were local and inferior divinities; that they ruled only over the particular countries where they were worshipped and acknowledged as gods, and that they had no claim to "universal" adoration as Yahweh has.

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