Psalm 93 is read especially through the theme of kingship, within Book IV (Psalms 90–106). Its language invites attentive prayer before quick application.
1The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
2Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.
3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
4Above the voices of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, the LORD on high is mighty.
5Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forever more.
Psalm 93 is read especially through the theme of kingship, within Book IV (Psalms 90–106). Its language invites attentive prayer before quick application. Read it within the complete five-book Psalms collection, then compare its prayer language with the types of prayer found across Scripture. Classification is a reading aid rather than a replacement for the Psalm's own movement and tension.
Book IV (Psalms 90–106). The five-book shape of the Psalter helps readers hear individual prayers within a deliberately arranged collection.
Kingship, Creation. Read for these themes while remaining open to tension and secondary movements.
Psalm 93 contains 5 verses and about 82 words in this translation. These observations come from the chapter itself; they are prompts for close reading, not claims about its only possible meaning.
Verse 1 begins: “The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.” Ask what situation, voice, image, or argument this opening establishes for everything that follows.
Verse 5 closes: “Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forever more.” Compare the ending with the opening and note what changed, resolved, intensified, or remained open.
Recurring or prominent content words include floods, established, lifted, mighty, reigns, clothed. Follow where each word appears and whether its meaning shifts with the speaker or setting.
This page reproduces the World English Bible Protestant edition (WEBP), a modern-English translation dedicated to the public domain.
Use the book, chapter, and verse—for example, Psalms 93:1—and name the World English Bible if the wording matters. Each verse number above is a direct anchor link.
Not always. Chapter and verse numbers were added for navigation. Check the paragraphs, scenes, poetic stanzas, or argument before and after this chapter.
Our reading profile emphasizes kingship, with related themes of Kingship, Creation. Many Psalms blend genres or move between moods, so this label is a guide rather than a rigid classification.
Begin with one honest question, one passage read carefully, and one faithful next step.