1)

What do we learn from "Hashem ba'Shamayim Hechin Kis'o"?

1.

Radak: He is like a king who sits above everything. If Shamayim is His throne, everything - Shamayim and Eretz are below Him, and in His Reshus.

2.

Radak citing Shocher Tov: There are four haughty ones in the world - the lion is haughty over all Chayos, the ox over all Behemos, the Nesher over all birds, and man rules over all of them - "u'Rdu bi'Dgas ha'Yam uv'Of ha'Shamayim?" (Bereishis 1:28). Hashem put the four haughty ones on [the legs] of His throne, to show that He is haughty over all of them. The Targum of "Ki Ga'o Ga'ah" (Shemos 15:1) is 'He is haughty over all haughty ones.'

3.

Malbim: His Kisei, i.e. conduct, is in Shamayim. It is based on natural laws fixed in Shamayim. Even so, His kingship rules over all - He conducts also via Hashgachah and rules over the Ma'arachah to conduct according to deeds, reward and punishment, to pay Tzadikim like their actions.

2)

What is the meaning of "Mashalah"?

1.

Rashi: [His kingship] rules. (Past tense used in place of present.) Radak - this repeats the beginning of the verse.

2.

Malbim: Refer to 103:19:1:3.

Sefer: Perek: Pasuk:

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