Today we will read verses about God's majesty, in hopes that they will inspire
in us worshipful meditation on His magnificence.
1 Chr 29:11 (NRSV) Yours, O LORD, are the greatness, the
power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens
and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted
as head above all.
Job 13:10-11 (NRSV) He will surely rebuke you if in secret
you show partiality.Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him
fall upon you?
Job 37:22 (NRSV) Out of the north comes golden splendor;
around God is awesome majesty.
Psa 29:4 (NRSV) The voice of the LORD is powerful; the
voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Psa 111:2-3 (NRSV) Great are the works of the LORD, studied
by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his
righteousness endures forever.
Psa 96:6 (NRSV) Honor and majesty are before him; strength
and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Heb 1:2-3 (NRSV) but in these last days he has spoken
to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also
created the worlds. He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint
of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When
he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty
on high,
2 Pet 1:16 (NRSV) For we did not follow cleverly devised
myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
but we had been eyewitnesses of his majesty.