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Highרָםaboveעַלallכָּלnations isגּוֹיִםYHWH;יְהוָהaboveעַלthe heavens isהַשָּׁמַיִםhis glory.כְּבוֹדוֹ
Psalms 113:4
Study it in the app“High above all nations is YHWH; above the heavens is his glory.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 113:4, word by word
- Highרָםram
be high
To be up above, raised in honor.
Where else “ram” appears- nations isגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- the heavens isשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- his gloryכְּבוֹדkevod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “kevod” appears
The context
3From the rising of the sun to its setting praised be the name of YHWH.
4 · This verse (above)
5Who is like YHWH our Elohim, who sits on high,