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Psalm 89:8
LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
6For who in the skies can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like the LORD,
7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
8LORD, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? LORD, your faithfulness is around you.
9You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them.
10You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm.
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The title “God of Armies” inspires awe, and the praise that follows gives that awe a firm ground: this mighty God is faithful.
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1 Samuel 2:2There is no one as holy as the LORD, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.Both passages address the LORD as beyond comparison, declaring that no one else is like him.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he …Both ask who is like God, praising the character that makes him incomparable.
Isaiah 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?Both use a question about comparison to express that God has no equal.
Psalm 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of the LORD forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all …Faithfulness is named in both verses, as the subject of song and as what surrounds the LORD.
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 praise the LORD's greatness by declaring that there is no one like him.
Psalm 86:8There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.Both address God in praise and deny that any other divine power compares with him.
Psalm 71:19God, your righteousness also reaches to the heavens. You have done great things. God, who is like you?Both ask who is like God, connecting that question with praise for his greatness or might.
Deuteronomy 3:24“Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, …Both prayers praise God's might through a question that leaves every other power without a claim to equality.
Jeremiah 32:17“Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.Both address the Lord with praise for his power, affirming strength beyond any limit named in the prayer.
Psalm 113:5Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,Both make the question of who is like the LORD an expression of praise.
2 Chronicles 6:14Then he said, “LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk …Both declare God incomparable and praise his trustworthiness, expressed as faithfulness in the psalm and covenant keeping in Chronicles.
1 Chronicles 17:20LORD, there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.Both speak to the LORD himself, praising him as the God whom no one else resembles.
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You have reason to trust the Lord addressed here, even when other powers seem great: his might has no equal, and faithfulness surrounds him.
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