Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Parallel translations
- WEB Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?
- BSB Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
- NKJV Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?
- NASB For Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; God, who is like You?
- NLT Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the highest heavens. You have done such wonderful things. Who can compare with you, O God?
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Quick answer
God's righteousness reaches to the heavens and his great deeds are incomparable, prompting the awed question, 'God, who is like you?'
Overview
The psalmist exalts the boundless height of God's righteousness and the greatness of his works. The rhetorical question 'Who is like you?' confesses God's utter uniqueness and is a recurring note of worship in Scripture (Exodus 15:11; Micah 7:18). Such incomparable righteousness and saving power find their clearest display in the person and work of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 35:10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
- Ps 36:5–6Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
- Ps 57:10For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Isa 55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Jer 10:7Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
- Ps 126:2–3Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
- Isa 40:18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
- Ps 86:8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Ps 89:6–8For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Ps 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- Isa 40:25To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
- Job 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Luke 1:49For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
- Isa 5:16But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
- Ps 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- Prov 15:24The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
- Prov 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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