Psalm 93:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 93:1-5

Next to the being of God there is nothing that we are more concerned to believe and consider than God's dominion, that Jehovah is God, and that this God reigns (Ps. 93:1), not only that he is King of right, and is the owner and proprietor of all persons and things, but that he is King in fact, and does direct and dispose of all the creatures and all their actions according to the counsel of his own will. This is celebrated here, and in many other psalms: The Lord reigns. It is the song of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 93:2

Thy throne is established of old ,.... Or "prepared from eternity" F2 מאו נכון "paratum", Pagninus, Montanus; "a principio", Targum; "ab antiquo", Syr. "ab aeterno", Gejerus; so Ainsworth. ; Christ was set up and anointed as King from everlasting; he had a kingdom appointed and prepared for him so early; and his throne, which is prepared in the heavens, is an established one; it is for ever and ever; his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom; of his government, and the increase of it,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 93:2

Thy throne is established of old - There never was a time in which God did not reign, in which he was not a supreme and absolute Monarch; for he is from everlasting. There never was a time in which he was not; there never can be a period in which he shall cease to exist. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 93:2

Verse 2 2Thy throne is stable Some read, is prepared, and this agrees well with the context. provided we take the two clauses as one sentence, meaning — O Lord, as thou art from eternity, even so thy throne is erected or prepared from that time For the sense which some have attached to the words, as if they contained a simple assertion of God’s eternity, is poor; and the Psalmist evidently intends to say that as God is eternal in essence, so he has always been invested with power and majesty.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:1-5

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:1-5

The Lord reigneth. Note— I. THE PROPOSITION TO BE PROVED —that "the Lord reigneth." The psalmist describes: 1 . The royal robes. "He hath clothed himself with majesty." The sacred writers seem to have drawn their ideas of the regal splendour of God, not so much from the magnificence of Oriental potentates, as from the gorgeous glow of the heavens—the sun by day, the moon and stars by night. Further, "he hath girded himself with strength." This seen in the steady march... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:1-5

The psalm celbrates the majesty of Jehovah as Creator and Ruler of the universe. Three principal thoughts— I. GOD IS ABLE TO OVERCOME THE FIERCEST OPPOSITION OF HIS FOES . The "floods" and "many waters" and "mighty waves" are figures denoting the angry and turbulent opposition of his foes. But he is mightier than and high above them all. 1 . He is actual King, and reigns over the whole universe. ( Psalms 93:1 .) He hath girded himself with strength for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:2

Thy throne is established of old. Though God from time to time comes forward, as it were, and asserts his sovereignty, yet it is no new rule that he sets up. He has always been the King both of heaven and earth. Thou art from everlasting. Not merely from "of old," but from all eternity (comp. Psalms 90:2 ; Proverbs 8:23 ; Isaiah 63:15 ; Micah 5:2 ; Habakkuk 1:12 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:2

The eternity of God. "Thou art from everlasting." There are truths self-evident, yet incomprehensible. We can neither doubt nor grasp them. Light, which reveals all things else, dazzles, even blinds, if we gaze on it. So these truths, in whose light reason sees all things, baffle and confound our reason. One of these is the eternity of God. We speak of time sometimes as "flying," as though we ourselves stood still. Sometimes of ourselves as "travelling on." Either way, we feel that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 93:2

The distinction between God and God's handiwork. "Thou art from everlasting." Thou wast before the world was. He was. He made the earth, and all that therein is. "In the beginning God." His name is the "I am." "The first and foundation stone of the great temple of revealed truth is a declaration which grasps all space, all being, all time, and bids us see before them, above them, and altogether independent of them—One lonely, infinite Being, having life in himself. When there was no heaven... read more

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