Psalms 93:3-4

Psalms 93:3-4

[3] The floods  have lifted up,  O LORD,  the floods  have lifted up  their voice;  the floods  lift up  their waves.  [4] The LORD  on high  is mightier  than the noise  of many  waters,  yea, than the mighty  waves  of the sea. 

What does Psalms 93:3-4 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God"s power is greater than that of the tumultuous seas that move with irresistible force and great noise. The Canaanites believed Baal overcame the sea, which they called Prince Yamm. Here the psalmist pictured Yahweh as much mightier than the sea. The early readers of this psalm would have understood it as a polemic against Baalism. Yahweh has true authority over the sea that to ancient Near Easterners typified everything uncontrollably powerful and hostile.