Psalms 97:9

“For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth, etc.] Above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Targum; he is highly exalted above every name, men of the greatest name that is named in the world; he is made higher than the heavens, and the inhabitants of it; and has all power in heaven and earth, as Mediator; and, as a divine Person, he is the most high God, as the word “Elion”, here used, signifies; and all this lays a foundation for joy and gladness in the saints; even the dignity of Christ’s person, and the exaltation of him in the human nature: thou art exalted far above all gods: not only the fictitious deities of the Gentiles, or the greatest potentates upon earth, being made higher…”

“For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth - See the notes at Psalms 83:18. Thou art exalted far above all gods - See the notes at Psalms 95:3. return to 'Top of Page'”

“high: Psa 83:18; Eph 1:21; Phi 2:9-11 far: Psa 95:3, Psa 96:4, Psa 115:3-8, Psa 135:5; Exo 18:11; Jer 10:8, Jer 10:10 Psalms 97:10”

“This distichic epiphonema ( Psa 97:9 = Ps 83:19; Psa 97:9, cf. Psa 47:3, 10) might close the Psalm; there follows still, however, a hortatory strophe (which was perhaps not added till later on). Psalms 97:10”