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Psalm 72:18
Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
17His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
18Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
19Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
20This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
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The word “alone” draws your attention beyond the king celebrated in this psalm to the God of Israel, who receives praise for his marvelous deeds.
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Matthew 6:9Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.Both prayers honor God, with praise in the psalm and a desire for his name to be kept holy in Matthew.
Job 5:9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;Both texts attribute marvelous deeds to God; Job adds that these works exceed understanding and cannot be counted.
Job 9:10He does great things past finding out; yes, marvelous things without number.God’s marvelous works are the shared subject, with Job stressing their vast number and the limits of human understanding.
Psalm 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.Both verses bless the LORD as the God of Israel, while Psalm 41 extends that blessing from everlasting to everlasting.
Psalm 106:48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!Both verses praise the LORD, the God of Israel; Psalm 106 also asks all the people to voice their agreement.
1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said, “You are blessed, LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.David’s blessing before the assembly shares the psalm’s praise of the LORD as the God of Israel.
Exodus 15:11Who is like you, LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?Both passages connect the LORD’s wonders with his unmatched greatness, expressed through a question in Exodus and an assertion in the psalm.
Psalm 86:10For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.Both verses join God’s wondrous deeds with his uniqueness: he alone is God and alone does these works.
Psalm 136:4to him who alone does great wonders, for his loving kindness endures forever;Both verses praise God as the one who alone does wonders; Psalm 136 also declares his enduring loving kindness.
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless the LORD your God!” All the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and …Both passages express praise to the LORD, with Chronicles describing the assembly blessing God and bowing down.
1 Samuel 25:32David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!Both bless the LORD, the God of Israel; David names God’s sending of Abigail as the reason for his praise.
Daniel 4:2–3It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.Both passages acknowledge God’s wonders, with Daniel’s speaker announcing a desire to tell what God has done toward him.
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Your praise does not require a full account of everything God has done. These few words confess something sure: the God of Israel alone does marvelous deeds.
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