He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
Parallel translations
- WEB He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
- KJV He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
- NKJV He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
- NASB He is your glory and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen.
- NLT He alone is your God, the only one who is worthy of your praise, the one who has done these mighty miracles that you have seen with your own eyes.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
The Lord is Israel's praise and God, who has done great and awesome things they witnessed. He alone deserves their worship for His mighty deeds.
Overview
Moses points to God's mighty acts, seen with their own eyes, as the ground of Israel's praise. God is not only their object of worship but the very theme of it. Such remembrance of God's saving deeds fuels worship that finds its climax in the redemption accomplished by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Jer 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
- Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Rev 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Ps 22:3Yet You are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
- Deut 4:32–35Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
- 2 Sam 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
- 1 Sam 12:24Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
- Isa 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
- Ps 109:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
- Isa 12:2–6Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Ps 106:21–22They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
- Isa 64:3When You did awesome works that we did not expect, You came down, and the mountains trembled at Your presence.
- Jer 32:20–21You performed signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and You do so to this very day, both in Israel and among all mankind. And You have made a name for Yourself, as is the case to this day.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
How Deuteronomy 10:21 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.