Psalms 93:1-2

Psalm 93 ¹ 

93:1 The Lord reigns!

He is robed in majesty,

the Lord is robed,

he wears strength around his waist. ² 

Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved.

93:2 Your throne has been secure from ancient times;

you have always been king. ³ 

Psalms 146:10

146:10 The Lord rules forever,

your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! ⁴ 

Praise the Lord!

Malachi 3:6

Resistance to the Lord through Selfishness

3:6 “Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, ⁵  you, sons of Jacob, have not perished.

Hebrews 6:17-18

6:17 In the same way ⁶  God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, ⁷  and so he intervened with an oath, 6:18 so that we who have found refuge in him ⁸  may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

James 1:17

1:17 All generous giving and every perfect gift ⁹  is from above, coming down ¹⁰  from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. ¹¹ 

[93:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 93. The psalmist affirms that the Lord is the king of the universe who preserves order and suppresses the destructive forces in the world.

[93:1]  ² sn Strength is compared here to a belt that one wears for support. The Lord’s power undergirds his rule.

[93:2]  ³ tn Heb “from antiquity [are] you.” As the context suggests, this refers specifically to God’s royal position, not his personal existence.

[146:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “for a generation and a generation.”

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not change.” This refers to God’s ongoing commitment to his covenant promises to Israel.

[6:17]  ⁶ tn Grk “in which.”

[6:17]  ⁷ tn Or “immutable” (here and in v. 18); Grk “the unchangeableness of his purpose.”

[6:18]  ⁸ tn Grk “have taken refuge”; the basis of that refuge is implied in the preceding verse.

[1:17]  ⁹ tn The first phrase refers to the action of giving and the second to what is given.

[1:17]  ¹⁰ tn Or “All generous giving and every perfect gift from above is coming down.”

[1:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “variation or shadow of turning” (referring to the motions of heavenly bodies causing variations of light and darkness).