He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine 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.
- BSB He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your 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.
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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
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- Jer 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
- Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Rev 21:23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Ps 22:3But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
- Deut 4:32–35For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
- 2 Sam 7:23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- 1 Sam 12:24Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- Isa 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
- Ps 109:1Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
- Isa 12:2–6Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- Ps 106:21–22They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
- Isa 64:3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
- Jer 32:20–21Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
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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).
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