'High' in the Bible

Worship the Lord and serve Him with reverence [with awe-inspired fear and submissive wonder];Rejoice [yet do so] with trembling.

But let all who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice,Let them ever sing for joy;Because You cover and shelter them,Let those who love Your name be joyful and exult in You.

Let the assembly of the nations be gathered around You,And return on high over them.

I will give thanks to the Lord according to His righteousness and justice,And I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

I will rejoice and exult in you;I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

The Lord also will be a refuge and a stronghold for the oppressed,A refuge in times of trouble;

His ways prosper at all times;Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side,As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.

But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.

The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and the One who rescues me;My God, my rock and strength in whom I trust and take refuge;My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower—my stronghold.

The Lord also thundered in the heavens,And the Most High uttered His voice,Hailstones and coals of fire.

He reached from on high, He took me;He drew me out of many waters.

He makes my feet like hinds’ feet [able to stand firmly and tread safely on paths of testing and trouble];He sets me [securely] upon my high places.

May the Lord answer you (David) in the day of trouble!May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high [and defend you in battle]!

For the king [confidently] trusts in the Lord,And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;He will lift me up on a rock.

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

The Lord of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

The Lord of hosts is with us;The God of Jacob is our stronghold [our refuge, our high tower]. Selah.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];He is a great King over all the earth.

God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Both low and high,Rich and poor together:

“Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgivingAnd pay your vows to the Most High;

“Look, [this is] the man who would not make God his strength [his stronghold and fortress],But trusted in the abundance of his riches,Taking refuge in his wealth.”

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,For they are many who fight proudly against me.

I will cry to God Most High,Who accomplishes all things on my behalf [for He completes my purpose in His plan].

O [God] my strength, I will watch for You;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower].

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

To You, O [God] my strength, I will sing praises;For God is my stronghold [my refuge, my protector, my high tower], the God who shows me [steadfast] lovingkindness.

From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].

Trust [confidently] in Him at all times, O people;Pour out your heart before Him.God is a refuge for us. Selah.

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];They are together lighter than a breath.

I cried aloud to Him;He was highly praised with my tongue.

But let the righteous be glad; let them be in good spirits before God,Yes, let them rejoice with delight.

Sing to God, sing praises to His name;Lift up a song for Him who rides through the desert—His name is the Lord—be in good spirits before Him.

A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;A [high] mountain of many summits is Mount Bashan [rising east of the Jordan].

You have ascended on high, You have led away captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even from the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

But I am sorrowful and in pain;May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the [height of the] heavens,You who have done great things;O God, who is like You, [who is Your equal]?

They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;They speak loftily [with malice].

They say, “How does God know?Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”

‘Do not lift up your [defiant and aggressive] horn on high,Do not speak with a stiff neck.’”

And I said, “This is my grief,That the right hand of the Most High has changed [and His lovingkindness is withheld].”

Yet they still continued to sin against HimBy rebelling against the Most High in the desert.

And they remembered that God was their rock,And the Most High God their Redeemer.

Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High GodAnd did not keep His testimonies (laws).

For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [devoted to idol worship]And moved Him to jealousy with their carved images [by denying Him the love, worship, and obedience that is rightfully and uniquely His].

I said, “You are gods;Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.

That they may know that You alone, whose name is the Lord,Are the Most High over all the earth.

But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her,”And the Most High Himself will establish her.

You have a strong arm;Mighty is Your hand, Your right hand is exalted.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most HighWill remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].

You will only [be a spectator as you] look on with your eyesAnd witness the [divine] repayment of the wicked [as you watch safely from the shelter of the Most High].

Because you have made the Lord, [who is] my refuge,Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

“Because he set his love on Me, therefore I will save him;I will set him [securely] on high, because he knows My name [he confidently trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never abandon him, no, never].

It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord,To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

But You, Lord, are on high forever.

More than the sounds of many waters,More than the mighty breakers of the sea,The Lord on high is mighty.

But the Lord has become my high tower and defense,And my God the rock of my refuge.

For You are the Lord Most High over all the earth;You are exalted far above all gods.

The Lord is great in Zion,And He is exalted and magnified above all the peoples.

For as the heavens are high above the earth,So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].

The high mountains are for the wild goats;The rocks are a refuge for the shephanim.

They envied Moses in the camp,And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord,

Because they had rebelled against the precepts of GodAnd spurned the counsel of the Most High.

For Your lovingkindness is great and higher than the heavens;Your truth reaches to the skies.

The Lord is high above all nations,And His glory above the heavens.

Who is like the Lord our God,Who is enthroned on high,

It is like the precious oil [of consecration] poured on the head,Coming down on the beard,Even the beard of Aaron,Coming down upon the edge of his [priestly] robes [consecrating the whole body].

It is like the dew of [Mount] HermonComing down on the hills of Zion;For there the Lord has commanded the blessing: life forevermore.

Though the Lord is exalted,He regards the lowly [and invites them into His fellowship];But the proud and haughty He knows from a distance.

Such [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me;It is too high [above me], I cannot reach it.

My [steadfast] lovingkindness and my fortress,My high tower and my rescuer,My shield and He in whom I take refuge,Who subdues my people under me.

Let the high praises of God be in their throats,And a two-edged sword in their hands,