Psalm 93--The LORD Reigns

Psalm 93
English Standard Version

The LORD Reigns
93 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty;
    the LORD is robed; he has put on strength as his belt.
Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old;
    you are from everlasting.

3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
    the floods have lifted up their voice;
    the floods lift up their roaring.
4 Mightier than the thunders of many waters,
    mightier than the waves of the sea,
    the LORD on high is mighty!

5 Your decrees are very trustworthy;
    holiness befits your house,
    O LORD, forevermore.

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We have a picture of the LORD, high and lifted up here.  He is dressed in His kingly garments, but at the same time, He is dressed for war.  Because the LORD reigns in heaven over all His creation, we can be sure that heaven and earth will remain until the day when He decides that it is finished and destroys this creation to make a new one.  From everlasting to everlasting (from eternity past to eternity future), He is God and there is no other God besides Him.

Even when the LORD flooded the earth in judgment (and kept Noah and his family safe), the LORD was not in peril, for He is not of this world.  Though the author speaks of the LORD living on a tall and mighty mountain, it is the throne room of heaven where He resides from where He sees all and has dominion over everything.  The book of Ezekiel tells us that this throne is mobile and goes wherever he wills.

His decrees are steadfast and sure (we can trust in them and know that He will not change His mind).  They are even more secure than the foundations of the earth, for heaven and earth will pass away, but His Word will never pass away.  He is holy, holy holy, and He makes all those who belong to His house (His children by adoption) holy as well.  We give Him all glory and honor and praise that are due Him!