Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 97:9
For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
9. For thou, Jehovah, art the Most High above all the earth,
Thou art exceedingly exalted above all gods.
From Psa 83:18; Psa 47:2; Psa 47:9: cp. Psa 95:3.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth – See the notes at Psa 83:18.
Thou art exalted far above all gods – See the notes at Psa 95:3.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 9. For thou, Lord, art high] Thou art infinitely exalted above men and angels.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
As thou always wert so in truth, so thou hast now proved and declared thyself to be such in the eyes of the whole world, by subduing them under thy feet.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
9. above all gods (Ps95:3).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth,…. Above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Targum; he is highly exalted above every name, men of the greatest name that is named in the world; he is made higher than the heavens, and the inhabitants of it; and has all power in heaven and earth, as Mediator; and, as a divine Person, he is the most high God, as the word “Elion”, here used, signifies; and all this lays a foundation for joy and gladness in the saints; even the dignity of Christ’s person, and the exaltation of him in the human nature:
thou art exalted far above all gods: not only the fictitious deities of the Gentiles, or the greatest potentates upon earth, being made higher than the kings of the earth, who are called gods; but also than the angels in heaven; he is set down at the right hand of God, where they are not, and never were, nor shall be; angels, authorities, and powers, being subject to him, Heb 1:13.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
This distichic epiphonema ( Psa 97:9 = Ps 83:19; Psa 97:9, cf. Psa 47:3, 10) might close the Psalm; there follows still, however, a hortatory strophe (which was perhaps not added till later on).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
9 For thou, Jehovah, art high above all the earth Having already, in another place, explained these words, I shall not say more at present upon them. Only it is to be noticed, that there is a comparison drawn between God and the angels, and whatever has any claim to eminence. The Psalmist limits all other excellency in such a manner, as to leave no room for questioning that all majesty is comprehended in God only. This was the case more eminently when God manifested himself in his only-begotten Son, who is the express image of himself. Before that period his greatness was less apparent, because he was less known.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(9) For the first clause see Psa. 83:18; for the second Psa. 47:2-9.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 97:9 For thou, LORD, [art] high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Ver. 9. For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth ] Declared now to be so with power, as Rom 1:4 , and the world convinced of singular sottishness in fancying other divinities.
Thou art exalted above all gods
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
HIGH = MOST HIGH. Hebrew ‘Elyon. App-4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
high: Psa 83:18, Eph 1:21, Phi 2:9-11
far: Psa 95:3, Psa 96:4, Psa 115:3-8, Psa 135:5, Exo 18:11, Jer 10:8, Jer 10:10
Reciprocal: 1Ch 16:14 – his judgments 1Ch 29:11 – exalted Psa 9:2 – O thou Psa 29:2 – glory Psa 99:2 – high Psa 113:4 – high Psa 136:2 – the God Isa 12:4 – his name Isa 33:5 – The Lord Isa 57:15 – the high