God is a great king above all kings...

God is a great king above all kings, and has a throne above all thrones of earthly princes.  The rise and fall of princes, the issues of war, and all the great affairs of state which are the subject of the consultations of wise and great men, are no more above God's direction than the meanest concerns of the poorest cottages are below his notice.  It is not without the divine permission that the devil deceives men, and even thereby God serves his purposes.
...Matthew Henry image