Psalms 108:5

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Be exalted, God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over all the earth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

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ר֣וּמָה

rûwm

H7311

“rise”

Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular + Suffix, h

Appears 193× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 7:17

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 2133

to rise, rise up, be high, be lofty, be exalted - (Qal) - to be high, be set on high - to be raised, be uplifted, be exalted - to be lifted, rise - (Polel) - to raise or rear (children), cause to grow up - to lift up, raise, exalt - to exalt, extol - (Polal) to be lifted up - (Hiphil) - to raise, lift, lift up, take up, set up, erect, exalt, set on high - to lift up (and take away), remove - to lift off and present, contribute, offer, contribute - (Hophal) to be taken off, be abolished - (Hithpolel) to exalt oneself, magnify oneself - (Qal) to be rotten, be wormy

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

8: words
7: distinct lemmas
Wisdom: section

Grammatical profile

1 verb
5 nouns
2 prepositions

Verb forms

ר֣וּמָה Qal · Imperative

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עַל upon H5921 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 14 words from the Hebrew and 15 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 8 Hebrew tokens and 15 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Psalms 108:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 57:5 Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
Psalms 148:13 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
Matthew 6:9–10 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
1 Chronicles 29:10–13 Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Psalms 8:1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, Who has set your glory above the heavens!
Psalms 21:13 Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, So we will sing and praise your power.
Psalms 57:11 Be exalted, God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalms 72:19 Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.

Isaiah 6:3 One called to another, and said, "Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Hosts! The whole earth is full of his glory!"
Matthew 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

You’re reading Greek Psalm 107 (Hebrew Psalm 108). The Septuagint counts the superscription, so verse numbers can differ from the Hebrew — chapter-level alignment, not verse-by-verse. Numbering follows Rahlfs.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Psalms 108:5 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

ר֣וּמָה עַל שָׁמַ֣יִם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעַ֖ל כָּל הָאָ֣רֶץ כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ

Be exalted, God, above the heavens, Let your glory be over all the earth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Greek Psalm 107:5 Septuagint · lemma form

ὅτι μέγας ἐπάνω ὁ οὐρανός ὁ ἔλεος σύ καί ἕως ὁ νεφέλη ὁ ἀλήθεια σύ

Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Psalms 108:5 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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J. A. Alexander on Psalms

Joseph Addison Alexander

6. (Psa 108:5) Be thou high above the heavens, 0 God, and above all the earth thy glory. See above, on Psa 57:11. The only variation is the introduction of the copulative and at the beginning of the second clause.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Let all the world see thy judgments in that that thou art God over all, and so confess that thou art glorious.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

5. Be thou exalted] Or, Exalt thyself. Cp. Psa_21:13; Psa_46:10. God is exalted in majesty (Isa_6:1); what is needed is that He should manifest His supreme authority (Isa_2:11 ff.). This verse (the refrain of Psalms 57, vv5, 11) forms a fitting transition to the second part of the Psalm, with its prayer for deliverance and expressions of confidence in the help of God.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be thou exalted ... - This is taken from Psa 57:11. The only change in the Hebrew is in the insertion of the word “and,” “and thy glory above all the earth.”

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Treasury of David

Charles H. Spurgeon

Ver. 5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. Let thy praise be according to the greatness of thy mercy. Ah, if we were to measure our devotion thus, with what ardour should we sing! The whole earth with its overhanging dome would seem too scant an orchestra, and all the faculties of all mankind too little for the hallelujah. Angels would be called in to aid us, and surely they would come. They will come in that day when the whole earth shall be filled with the praises of Jehovah. We long for the time when God shall be universally worshipped, and his glory in the gospel shall be everywhere made known. This is a truly missionary prayer. David had none of the exclusiveness of the modern Jew, or the narrow heartedness of some nominal Christians. For God's sake, that his glory might be everywhere revealed, he longed to see heaven and earth full of the divine praise. Amen, so let it be.

Now prayer follows upon praise, and derives strength of faith and holy boldness therefrom. It is frequently best to begin worship with a hymn, and then to bring forth our vials full of odours after the harps have commenced their sweeter sounds.

Psalms 108:6*

Charles H. Spurgeon's The Treasury of David (1869–1885) — public domain. Psalms only. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

5. Above the heavens—For unto the heavens. Psa_57:10

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth. Absolutely identical with Psa_57:11.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

Be exalted, God, above the heavens

The psalmist is asking God to show that he is exalted. Being exalted above the heavens represents being great. AT: "God, show that you are exalted above the heavens" or "God, show that you are great in the heavens" (See: Metaphor)

may your glory be exalted

Here Yahweh is referred to by his "glory." AT: "may you be exalted" (See: Metonymy)

So that those you love may be rescued

This can be stated in active form. AT: Because those you love need rescuing" or "Rescue those you love" (See: Active or Passive)

with your right hand

Here Yahweh's "right hand" refers to his power. AT: "by your power" (See: Metonymy)

answer me

Answering here represents responding to his request. AT: "respond to my request" or "answer my prayer" (See: Metonymy)

translationWords

exalt

God

heaven

glory

earth

right hand

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

above the heavens and one verse says (above 57:11): “is up to the heavens.” Our Rabbis explained: This one speaks of those who perform [a commandment] for its sake [i.e., for the sole purpose of obeying the Torah], and that one deals with those who perform [the commandments] with ulterior motives.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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Psalms, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 8 words (7 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is rûwm (“to rise”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “to rise” (rûwm) shape what this verse is saying?
Psalms 57:5 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
“upon” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «ר֣וּמָה» is Qal Imperative. How does its form color the action?
Reading how J. A. Alexander on Psalms and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 8 Hebrew ↔ 15 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 3 words in this verse.
“upon” occurs 2× in this single verse.
7 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 8 words in this verse.