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.


Yahweh, hath become king, With majesty, is he clothed,—Clothed is Yahweh, With strength, hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken.

Established hath been thy throne from of old, From age-past times, thou art.

The floods have lifted up, O Yahweh, The floods have lifted up—their voice, The floods have lifted up—their dashing waves.

With the sounds of many waters, Majestic are the breakers of the sea, Majestic on high, is Yahweh.

Thy testimonies, are strongly confirmed, To thy house, befitting is holiness, O Yahweh—to length of days.

Its declaration that 'the LORD reigneth' is repeated almost word for word in <a href="/bible/rotherham/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/rotherham/psalms/chapter-94">Psalms 94</a>.