Psalm 96:4 (WEB)
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
Fathers and councils · 7
Origen
“Having thus learned to call these beings “angels” from their employments, we find that because they are divine they are sometimes termed “god” in the sacred Scriptures, but not so that we are commanded to honour and worship in place of God those who minister to us, and bear to us His blessings.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. lxxxvi. 8; xcvi. 4; cxxxvi. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Not surely that Thou mightest know them through me, but that I may awaken my own love and that of my readers towards Thee, that we may all say, “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 4. See note 3, page 45, above.
Read the whole comment“And as if thou shouldest enquire, what gods?” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 4.
Read the whole comment““For the Lord is great, and cannot worthily be praised” (ver. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“…had been said of the Lord God, “He is terrible, above all gods,” he adds, as by way of exposition why he says this, “for the gods of the heathen are devils,” that we might understand what had been expressed in the Hebrew, “the gods of the Gentiles are idols,” meaning rather the devils which dwell in the idols.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 4 seq.
Read the whole comment“For all the gods of the nations are idols; but the Lord made the heavens.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment“For all the gods of the nations are demons: but the Lord made the heavens.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvi. 1–5.
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together with
Cited together in The City of God VIII.24.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.4.
Cited together in The City of God VIII.24.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in Confessions XI.1.
Cited together in The City of God VIII.24.
Cited together in The City of God VIII.24.
Cited together in The City of God I.29.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.4.
Parallel passages
1 Chronicles 16:25 and Psalm 96:4 share the same wording (13 words).