Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 95:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 95:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Psalms 95:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods." — Psalms 95:3 (ASV)

Above all gods. —Not here angelic beings, but the gods of surrounding tribes, as accurately explained in Psalm 96:4-5. (Exodus 18:11.) Commentators trouble themselves with the difficulty of ascribing real existence to these tribal deities in the expression, “King above all gods.” But how else was Israel constantly falling into the sin of worshipping them? It was in the inspired rejection of them as possessing any sovereign power, and in the recognition of Jehovah’s supremacy shown by the psalmists and prophets, that the preservation of Israel’s religion consisted.