Psalm 99:2 “Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.”

Psalm 99:2

Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

World English Bible

The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord is great in Zion, and he is high aboue all the people.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah in Zion [is] great, And high He [is] over all the peoples.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

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Cross references

“great”

Isaiah 14:32 Psalm 48:1–3 Psalm 50:2 Isaiah 12:6 Hebrews 12:22–24 Revelation 14:1–5

Isaiah 14:32 · BSB

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Psalm 48:1–3 · BSB

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalm 50:2 · BSB

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Isaiah 12:6 · BSB

Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

Hebrews 12:22–24 · BSB

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

Revelation 14:1–5 · BSB

Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.

“high”

Psalm 97:9 Psalm 66:7 Daniel 4:34 Daniel 4:35 James 4:6 James 4:7

Psalm 97:9 · BSB

For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.

Psalm 66:7 · BSB

He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

Daniel 4:34 · BSB

But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting…

Daniel 4:35 · BSB

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

James 4:6 · BSB

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:7 · BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Also

Psalm 113:4

Psalm 113:4 · BSB

The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

3Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!

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