Psalm 93 - The LORD Reigns Above the Floods

Five verses declaring God's kingship stronger than the roar of the sea.

Psalms 93: The LORD Reigneth

At only five verses, Psalm 93 opens a run of kingship psalms in the Psalms overview, declaring 'the LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty' while picturing the lifted floods and waves as no match for His strength.


The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

Your throne was established long ago; You are from all eternity.

The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.

Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

Your testimonies are fully confirmed; holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, for all the days to come.

Its declaration that 'the LORD reigneth' is repeated almost word for word in <a href="/bible/bsb/psalms/chapter-96/10">Psalms 96:10</a>, part of the same cluster of enthronement psalms. It closes with 'holiness becometh thine house,' leading into the longer plea for justice in <a href="/bible/bsb/psalms/chapter-94">Psalms 94</a>.