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Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is your]; your is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
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All Credit Goes to God
David's prayer is a powerful reminder that all greatness, power, glory, and majesty belong to God alone. Commentators explain that any success, strength, or splendor we see in the world, including our own, is derived from Him. This verse calls us to reject pride and humbly acknowledge God as the source of every good thing.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness. —The point of 1 Chronicles 29:11–12 seems to be that David arrogates nothing…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty
Presbyterian
We cannot form a proper understanding of the magnificence of the temple and the buildings around it, in which such quantities of gold and silver we…
