Psalms 108:5

108:4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. clouds: or, skies

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

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Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;

Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth;

108:6 That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

What does Psalms 108:5 mean?

Psalms 108:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רוּם (rûwm), אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym), שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim).

Hebrew interlinear

thou

exalted,רוּםrûwm/room/H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)

God,אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods 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

above

the

heavens:שָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/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 revolve)

and

thy

gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôwd/kaw-bode'/H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

above

all

the

earth;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 108:5.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 1:20

And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. moving: or, creeping life: Heb. soul fowl: Heb. let fowl fly open: Heb. face of the firmament of heaven

Genesis 1:26

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. moveth: Heb. creepeth

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 1:10

And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

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What does Psalms 108:5 say?

Psalms 108:5 (King James Version) reads: "Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;"

Is Psalms 108:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 108:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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