Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 86:10
10For you are great and perform wonders; you alone are God.
Psalms 86:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
- New International Version (NIV)For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.
Context of Psalms 86:10
8Lord, there is no one like you among the gods, and there are no works like yours. 9All the nations you have made will come and bow down before you, Lord, and will honor your name. For you are great and perform wonders; you alone are God. 11Teach me your way, Lord, and I will live by your truth. Give me an undivided mind to fear your name. 12I will praise you with all my heart, Lord my God, and will honor your name forever.
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כִּֽי־גָד֣וֹל אַ֭תָּה וְעֹשֵׂ֣ה נִפְלָא֑וֹת אַתָּ֖ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 86:10
- Psalms 86:8Lord, there is no one like you among the gods, and there are no works like yours.
- Psalms 72:18Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonders.
- Psalms 77:14You are the God who works wonders; you revealed your strength among the peoples.
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great and is highly praised; his greatness is unsearchable.
- Exodus 15:11Lord, who is like you among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Job 11:7Can you fathom the depths of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
- Daniel 6:26I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For he is the living God, and he endures forever; his kingdom will never be destroyed, and his dominion has no end.
- Acts 2:19I will display wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below: blood and fire and a cloud of smoke.
- Acts 4:30while you stretch out your hand for healing, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
- Romans 15:18For I would not dare say anything except what Christ has accomplished through me by word and deed for the obedience of the Gentiles,
- Hebrews 2:4At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to his will.
- Deuteronomy 6:3Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I alone am he; there is no God but me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal. No one can rescue anyone from my power.
- Isaiah 37:16Lord of Armies, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God — you alone — of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
- Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Commentaries on Psalms 86:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For thou art great - Almighty, infinite, eternal. And doest wondrous things - נפלאות ועשה veoseh niphlaoth ; thou art the Worker of miracres. This thou hast done in numerous instances, and thereby showed thy infinite power and wisdom. This appears to be a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles to the faith of Christ, and the evidence to be given to his Divine mission by the miracles which he should work. Thou art God alone - ̔ ̔ - Sept. Thou art the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things - Things suited to excite wonder or admiration; things which lie beyond the power of any creature, and which could be performed by no one but a being of almighty power. A God who could do these things could also do that which the psalmist asked of him, for what God actually does proves that there is nothing within the limits of possibility which he cannot perform. The greatness and the power of God are reasons…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Our God alone possesses almighty power and infinite love. Christ is the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth. And the believing soul will be more desirous to be taught the way and the truth of God, in order to walk therein, than to be delivered out of earthly distress. Those who set not the Lord before them, seek after believers' souls; but the compassion, mercy, and truth of God…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10All the nations must submit themselves to the Lord and worship him (Psalms 45:17; 117:1; 148:7–11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. The pious Jews believed that God's common relation to all would be ultimately acknowledged by all men (Psa 45:12-16; 47:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 86
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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