For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Parallel translations
- WEB For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
- BSB For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
- NKJV For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
- NASB For You are great, and You do wondrous deeds; You alone are God.
- NLT For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.
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Quick answer
God is great, does wondrous things, and is God alone. His unrivaled greatness is the basis of universal worship.
Overview
David grounds the nations' worship (v. 9) in God's greatness, mighty works, and absolute uniqueness. 'You are God alone' is a foundational confession of biblical faith. This exclusive deity is upheld in the New Testament, where the one true God makes Himself known savingly in His Son.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Mark 12:29And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
- Isa 37:16O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
- Ps 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
- 1 Cor 8:4As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
- Deut 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- Exod 15:11Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Isa 44:6–8Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- Isa 37:20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
- Rom 15:18–19For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
- Eph 4:6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
- Deut 6:3–4Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Ps 86:8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- Ps 77:13–15Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
- Ps 145:3–5Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Acts 4:30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
- Acts 2:19–22And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
- Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Dan 6:26–27I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
- Heb 2:4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
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