He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB He has not done this for just any nation. They don’t know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
- BSB He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
- NKJV He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!
- NASB He has not dealt this way with any other nation; And as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise the Lord!
- NLT He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know his regulations. Praise the Lord!
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Quick answer
God has not given His law to any other nation as He did Israel. This special revelation was a unique privilege calling for praise.
Overview
The psalm closes by marveling that no other nation received God's ordinances as Israel did. This sovereign choice was sheer grace meant to lead to worship—'Praise Yah!' Through Christ this saving knowledge is now extended to all nations (Matthew 28:19; Romans 15:9-12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Deut 4:32–34For 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?
- Deut 4:7–8For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
- Eph 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
- 1 Pet 2:9–10But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- Rom 3:1–2What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
- Eph 5:8For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
- Acts 26:27King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
- Acts 14:16Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
- Isa 5:1–7Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
- Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
- Matt 21:33–41Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- Prov 29:18Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
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