O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- KJV O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- NKJV O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- NASB Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to everything that we have heard with our ears.
- NLT “O Lord, there is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you!
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Quick answer
David confesses that Yahweh is utterly unique, with no rival God. It grounds his prayer in the incomparable greatness of the true God.
Overview
Continuing his prayer after the Davidic covenant, David responds to God's promises with worship rather than presumption. The confession 'there is no one like you' echoes Israel's foundational faith in the one true God (Deuteronomy 4:35) and frames everything David asks. Such God-centered praise points forward to the worship due to Christ, in whom God's incomparable greatness is fully revealed.
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- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Exod 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Eph 3:20Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
- Jer 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Isa 63:12who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Isa 43:10“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and My servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe Me and understand that I am He. Before Me no god was formed, and after Me none will come.
- Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Ps 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Deut 3:24“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
- Deut 4:39Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
- Deut 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- Isa 45:5I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Ps 78:3–4that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- Ps 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Ps 89:8O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
- Ps 44:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Isa 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Exod 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
- Isa 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Deut 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
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