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Psalm 89:6–7

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89:6For who in the skies can compare to the Lord?

Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,10

89:7a God who is honored11 in the great angelic assembly,12

and more awesome than13 all who surround him?

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Footnotes

  1. 10 Heb “sons of gods”; or “sons of God.” Though אֵלִים (’elim) is vocalized as a plural form (“gods”) in the Hebrew text, it is likely that the final mem (ם) is actually enclitic rather than a plural marker. In this case one may read “God.” Some, following a Qumran text and the , also propose the phrase occurred in the original text of Deut 32:8. The phrase בְנֵי אֵלִים (véney ’elim, “sons of gods” or “sons of God”) occurs only here and in Ps 29:1. Since the “sons of gods/God” are here associated with “the assembly of the holy ones” and “council of the holy ones,” the heavenly assembly (comprised of so-called “angels” and other supernatural beings) appears to be in view. See Job 5:1; 15:15 and Zech 14:5, where these supernatural beings are referred to as “holy ones.” In Canaanite mythological texts the divine council of the high god El is called “the sons of El.” The OT apparently uses the Canaanite phrase, applying it to the supernatural beings that surround the Lord’s heavenly throne.
  2. 11 Heb “feared.”
  3. 12 Heb “in the great assembly of the holy ones.”
  4. 13 Or perhaps “feared by.”

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

a God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones,

and awesome above all who are around him?

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord?

Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?

In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;

he is more awesome than all who surround him.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For who in the skies can compare with the Lord?

Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

God is greatly feared in the council of the holy ones,

more awe-inspiring than all who surround him.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord?

What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?

The highest angelic powers stand in awe of God.

He is far more awesome than all who surround his throne.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For who in the sky is equal to Yahweh?

Who is like Yahweh among the sons of God,

a God feared greatly in the council of the holy ones,

and awesome above all surrounding him?

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord?

Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,

And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

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