Psalms 93:5

The rules you set down ¹  are completely reliable. ²  Holiness ³  aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever. ⁴ 

Le 10:3; Le 19:2; Ps 5:4-7; Ps 19:7,8; Ps 99:5,9; Ps 119:111,129,138,144; Isa 8:20; Isa 52:11; Zec 14:20,21; Mt 24:35; Joh 4:24; 1Co 3:16,17; Heb 6:17,18; Heb 12:14; 1Jo 5:9-13; Re 21:27

¹ tn Traditionally “your testimonies.” The Hebrew noun עֵדוּת (’edut) refers here to the demands of God’s covenant law. See Ps 19:7.

² sn The rules you set down. God’s covenant contains a clear, reliable witness to his moral character and demands.

³ sn Holiness refers here to God’s royal transcendence (see vv. 1-4), as well as his moral authority and perfection (see v. 5a).

⁴ tn Heb “for your house holiness is fitting, O Lord, for length of days.”