Psa 93:5 | KingComments | STEP | The exalted action of God above the nations, the majesty with which He is clothed, and the power with which He is girded, prove that His “testimonies are fully confirmed” (cf. ). His testimonies include everything to which He has given testimony. They are all the statements that God has made through His word and through His prophets. It involves everything about Himself, about man, and what He has promised. His testimonies are His words and therefore “fully confirmed” (cf. ; ; ; ). Faith rests on this. Faith trusts in the Word of God as in God Himself, not only for the final victory, but also for the way to it. His testimonies are embedded in His holiness. They focus the heart of the believer on God. The standard of holiness is found in His house, where He dwells and where everything responds to His holiness. His house on earth is the great result of His work of redemption. God did not dwell with Adam or with faithful individual believers. He dwells with a redeemed people ( ). This is God’s testimony of holiness on earth. It is an ornament of His house, for there is nothing of sin or injustice present, defiling it (cf. ). Whatever is not holy does not belong to Him (cf. ). Nor will this ever change, just as He never changes. This ornament of holiness remains “forevermore”. Everything that belongs to Him bears this mark of holiness. It is sanctified by and for Him, dedicated to Him.

‏ Psalms 93:5

Holiness Is an Ornament

The exalted action of God above the nations, the majesty with which He is clothed, and the power with which He is girded, prove that His “testimonies are fully confirmed” (cf. Psa 19:7b). His testimonies include everything to which He has given testimony. They are all the statements that God has made through His word and through His prophets. It involves everything about Himself, about man, and what He has promised.

His testimonies are His words and therefore “fully confirmed” (cf. 1Tim 1:15 ; 1Tim 3:1 ; 1Tim 4:9; 2Tim 2:11; Tit 1:9 ; Tit 3:8; Rev 21:5 ; Rev 22:6). Faith rests on this. Faith trusts in the Word of God as in God Himself, not only for the final victory, but also for the way to it.

His testimonies are embedded in His holiness. They focus the heart of the believer on God. The standard of holiness is found in His house, where He dwells and where everything responds to His holiness. His house on earth is the great result of His work of redemption. God did not dwell with Adam or with faithful individual believers. He dwells with a redeemed people (Exo 29:45-46). This is God’s testimony of holiness on earth.

It is an ornament of His house, for there is nothing of sin or injustice present, defiling it (cf. Eze 43:12). Whatever is not holy does not belong to Him (cf. Rev 21:27). Nor will this ever change, just as He never changes. This ornament of holiness remains “forevermore”. Everything that belongs to Him bears this mark of holiness. It is sanctified by and for Him, dedicated to Him.