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Psalms 135:5 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

5 I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is greater than all other gods.

Cross Reference

Psalms 48:1 BBE

<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

Psalms 95:3 BBE

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

Psalms 97:9 BBE

For you, Lord, are most high over the earth; you are lifted up over all other gods.

Deuteronomy 10:17 BBE

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

Psalms 86:8-10 BBE

There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works. Let all the nations whom you have made come and give worship to you, O Lord, giving glory to your name. For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.

Psalms 89:6 BBE

For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

Psalms 96:4-5 BBE

For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; he is more to be feared than all other gods. For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Isaiah 40:22 BBE

It is he who is seated over the arch of the earth, and the people in it are as small as locusts; by him the heavens are stretched out like an arch, and made ready like a tent for a living-place.

Isaiah 40:25 BBE

Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.

Jeremiah 10:10-11 BBE

But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath. This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cut off from the earth and from under the heavens.

Daniel 3:29 BBE

And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.

Daniel 6:26-27 BBE

Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations, and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be increased. It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.

Commentary on Psalms 135 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


PSALM 135

Ps 135:1-21. A Psalm of praise, in which God's relations to His Church, His power in the natural world, and in delivering His people, are contrasted with the vanity of idols and idol-worship.

1-3. In the general call for praise, the priests, that stand in the house of the Lord, are specially mentioned.

4-7. God's choice of Israel is the first reason assigned for rendering praise; the next, His manifested greatness in creation and providence.

6. heaven, and … seas, and all … ends of the earth—denote universality.

8, 9. The last plague [Ex 12:29] is cited to illustrate His "tokens and wonders."

10-12. The conquest of Canaan was by God's power, not that of the people.

13. heritage—or, "possession."

name … memorial—Each denote that by which God is made known.

14. will judge—do justice (Ps 72:2).

repent himself—change His dealings (Ps 90:13).

15-18. (Compare Ps 115:4-8).

18. are like unto them—or, "shall be like," &c. Idolaters become spiritually stupid and perish with their idols (Isa 1:31).

19-21. (Compare Ps 115:9-11). There we have "trust" for "bless" here.

21. out of Zion—(Compare Ps 110:2; 134:3). From the Church, as a center, His praise is diffused throughout the earth.