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Psalms 113:4

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The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.
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  1. Psalms 8:1Rank 1 from verse 4
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    1O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

  2. Psalms 99:2Rank 2 from verse 4
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    2The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

  3. Psalms 97:9Rank 3 from verse 4
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    9For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.

  4. Isaiah 40:17Rank 4 from verse 4
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    17All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

  5. Psalms 148:13Rank 5 from verse 4
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    13Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.

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Psalms 113:4

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high

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Sense 1: Elevated or far above; great in height, stature, or position; aloft. Sense 2: Elevated or chief in rank, office, power, authority, honor, excellence, or importance. Sense 3: Great in degree, intensity, fullness, or advancement; loud or strongly expressed. Sense 4: Proud, haughty, or self-exalting. Sense 5: Difficult, lofty, or beyond reach or understanding. Sense 6: In high way, a principal or public road; in high place, an elevated site, often used for worship or sacrifice.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

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113:1PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.

113:2Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.

113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

113:4The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens.

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113:5Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,

113:6Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

113:8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

113:9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the Lord.

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