Psalm 93:5
 Psalm 93:5 
New International Version (©2011)
Your statutes, LORD, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Your royal laws cannot be changed. Your reign, O LORD, is holy forever and ever.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Your decrees are very trustworthy; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Your testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
LORD, Your testimonies are completely reliable; holiness is the beauty of Your house for all the days to come.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Your decrees are very trustworthy, and holiness always befits your house, LORD.

NET Bible (©2006)
The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O LORD, forever.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
And your testimonies are very trustworthy; holiness is fitting for your house, Lord Jehovah, for the length of days!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Your written testimonies are completely reliable. O LORD, holiness is what makes your house beautiful for days without end.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, forever.

American King James Version
Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, for ever.

American Standard Version
Thy testimonies are very sure: Holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for evermore.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy testimonies are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house, O Lord, unto length of days.

Darby Bible Translation
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thy house, O Jehovah, for ever.

English Revised Version
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for evermore.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thy house, O LORD, for ever.

World English Bible
Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forevermore.

Young's Literal Translation
Thy testimonies have been very stedfast, To Thy house comely is holiness, O Jehovah, for length of days!

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

93:1-5 The majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's kingdom. - The Lord might have displayed only his justice, holiness, and awful power, in his dealings with fallen men; but he has been pleased to display the riches of his mercy, and the power of his renewing grace. In this great work, the Father has given all power to his Son, the Lord from heaven, who has made atonement for our sins. He not only can pardon, but deliver and protect all who trust in him. His word is past, and all the saints may rely upon it. Whatever was foretold concerning the kingdom of the Messiah, must be fulfilled in due time. All his people ought to be very strictly pure. God's church is his house; it is a holy house, cleansed from sin, and employed in his service. Where there is purity, there shall be peace. Let all carefully look if this kingdom is set up in their hearts.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 5. - Thy testimonies are very sure. God's "testimonies" are his commandments, considered as witnesses to man of his nature and his will respecting them. They are "very sure," i.e. firm and unalterable, partaking of his unchangeability (James 1:17). Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever. "Holiness" here seems to mean "sanctity," "inviolability" (Kay, Cheyne; comp. 1 Samuel 6:20; Isaiah 6:13). This is a tacit appeal to God to keep his temple free from all profanation and pollution in the future. The psalmist does not really ask that it shall continue inviolate "forever," but "to length of days," i.e. for an ample period.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy testimonies are very sure,.... Meaning not the works of God, of nature, and providence, which testify of his power and Godhead, and other perfections of it; rather the word of God, the Scriptures of truth, the law and Gospel; the one being a testimony of his will to be done by men, the other a testimony of his good will to men; which are sure and true, and to be believed; though it seems best of all to understand them of the promises of God, which testify what he will do, or shall be done hereafter, and which are all yea and amen in Christ; and especially those that respect his kingdom and interest, the glory, stability, and eternity of it, things which are the principal subjects of this psalm; all which promises are sure and certain, true and faithful, firm, and to be believed; see Genesis 19:9,

holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, for ever; or "unto length of days" (d): holiness is a dress or clothing; though it is not the robe of a justifying righteousness, yet it is an inner garment, which makes the saints all glorious within; it is a very beautiful and becoming dress; it is called "the beauty of holiness", and it is always becoming; it becomes the church and people of God, all that are of the household of God, both now and for evermore; it will never be out of use; it will be more and more in use, both in the spiritual reign of Christ, and in the New Jerusalem church state, and in heaven to all eternity; see Zechariah 14:20.

(d) "in longitudinem dierum", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

5. While His power inspires dread, His revealed will should secure our confidence (compare Ps 19:7; 25:10), and thus fear and love combined, producing all holy emotions, should distinguish the worship we offer in His house, both earthly and heavenly.


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The Lord Reigns!
3The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. 4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea. 5Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, for ever.

1 Corinthians 3:17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
Psalm 29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.
Psalm 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.
Psalm 111:7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.