Psalm 93

Introduction.—Ps. 93 celebrates Jehovah as Sovereign of the universe. It is a picture of the magnificent enthronement of Deity upon a throne established from everlasting to everlasting. The psalm is the first of a series of royal psalms (Ps. 93 to Ps. 101) glorifying God as Creator and Lord. Ps. 93 shows His power in control of creation, in the overthrow of His enemies, in the faithfulness of His word, and in the holiness of His house. The LXX includes in its superscription the phrase, “for the day before the Sabbath.”

1. Stablished. An archaic word for “established.”

2. Everlasting. See Ps. 90:1, 2; 8T 270.

3. The floods. Or, “rivers.” Waters here may represent peoples, invading hosts (see Isa. 8:7, 8). Or the psalmist may be glorifying God as omnipotent above His creation.

4. Is mightier. Verse 4, the answer to v. 3, may have been sung antiphonally.

5. For ever. Only eternity will be ample enough to show that holiness characterizes the rule of God’s house. Holiness is the characteristic of divine sovereignty. Only in eternity will finite mortals begin to understand the infinite characteristics of Deity.

Ellen G. White comments

1, 2 8T 271