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Psalm 86:10
For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
10For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
11Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
12I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
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The word “alone” gives this praise its sharp edge: God's wondrous deeds lead to a confession that no other is God.
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2 Samuel 7:22Therefore you are great, LORD God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.Both prayers declare God's greatness and confess that there is no other God.
Job 5:9who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;Both passages praise God's wondrous works, with Job emphasizing that his deeds exceed human understanding and counting.
Psalm 72:18Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.Both verses join praise for God's marvelous deeds with language that singles him out as without equal.
Isaiah 37:16“LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made …Both prayers confess that God alone is God; Isaiah names his rule over all kingdoms and his work of creation.
Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.The psalm declares that God alone is God, and Jesus names the Lord as one.
1 Corinthians 8:4Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.Both texts affirm that there is only one God; Paul states this while addressing food sacrificed to idols.
Nehemiah 9:6You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all …Both prayers declare that the Lord alone is God and praise his works; Nehemiah names creation and its preservation.
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 God's wonders with his incomparable greatness, denying that any other can stand as his equal.
Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.Both texts declare God's sole deity and his power to act; Deuteronomy names his authority over life and death.
Joshua 3:5Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”Wonders done by the Lord connect these texts: the psalm praises his deeds, while Joshua announces wonders to come.
Psalm 77:14You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.Both verses address God as the one who does wonders, praising power expressed in his deeds.
Isaiah 44:6–8This is what the LORD, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, the LORD of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.Both texts exclude any other God: the psalm speaks this confession to God, while Isaiah records God's own declaration.
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The God you address in prayer is the one praised here for wondrous deeds. His greatness has no equal; he alone is God.
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