Psalms 93:3

"Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting."

Key Reflection

In first-century Israel, when this psalm was recited, the phrase "Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting" would have resonated deeply with the idea of God's eternal sovereignty and unchanging nature. The original audience would have understood that these verses affirm God’s enduring kingship, rooted in ancient times, emphasizing His permanence and reliability against any fleeting human power or temporary earthly monarchs.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice -The word here rendered “floods,” means properly rivers, and then it may be applied to any waters. The word voice here refers to the noise of raging waters when they are agitated by the winds, or when they dash on the shore. See the notes atPsalms 42:7. The floods lift up their waves -As if they would sweep everything away. The allusion here is to some calamity or danger which might, in its strength and violence, be compared with the wild and raging waves of the ocean.

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