Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Parallel translations
- WEB Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- KJV Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- NKJV “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- NASB “Who is like You among the gods, Lord? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders?
- NLT “Who is like you among the gods, O Lord— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders?
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Quick answer
The song asks who is like Yahweh, incomparable in holiness, majesty, and wonders.
Overview
This rhetorical question proclaims God's utter uniqueness among all so-called gods. He is glorious in holiness and worthy of reverent praise, doing what no other can. The incomparability of God is a central theme of biblical worship, calling forth awe rather than rivalry.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 8:23and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
- Ps 89:5–8The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 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.
- 2 Sam 7:22How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
- Rev 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Jer 10:6–7There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- 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?
- Ps 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Ps 77:14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
- Isa 40:25“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
- Deut 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- Rev 15:4Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Exod 8:10“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- Isa 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Ps 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- Isa 64:2–3as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
- Ps 35:10All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
- Ps 66:5Come and see the works of God; how awesome are His deeds toward mankind.
- Ps 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- Isa 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- 1 Pet 1:15–16But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do,
- Jer 49:19Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”
- Rev 19:1–6After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Jer 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
- Heb 12:28–29Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.
- Ps 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
- Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
- Lev 19:2“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Isa 30:11Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
- Ps 89:18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
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Christ at the center
The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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