God’s Word Translation
Psalms 77:13
13O God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?
Psalms 77:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
- New International Version (NIV)Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God?
Context of Psalms 77:13
11I will remember the deeds of the Lord. I will remember your ancient miracles. 12I will reflect on all your actions and think about what you have done. O God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God? 14You are the God who performs miracles. You have made your strength known among the nations. 15With your might you have defended your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
Read all of Psalms 77Psalms 77:13 word by word
אֱ֭לֹהִים בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ מִי־אֵ֥ל גָּ֝ד֗וֹל כֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 77:13
- Psalms 27:4I have asked one thing from the Lord. This I will seek: to remain in the Lord’s house all the days of my life in order to gaze at the Lord’s beauty and to search for an answer in his temple.
- Psalms 63:2So I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory.
- Psalms 68:25The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them.
- Psalms 73:17Only when I came into God’s holy place did I ⌞finally⌟ understand what would happen to them.
- Psalms 89:6Who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
- Exodus 15:11“Who is like you among the gods, O Lord? Who is like you? You are glorious because of your holiness and awe-inspiring because of your splendor. You perform miracles.
- Deuteronomy 32:31Their rock isn’t like our rock. Even our enemies will agree with this.
- Isaiah 40:18To whom, then, can you compare God? To what statue can you compare him?
- Isaiah 46:5To whom will you compare me and make me equal? To whom will you compare me so that we can be alike?
Commentaries on Psalms 77:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Thy way - is in the sanctuary - See Psalm 73:17. I must go to the sanctuary now to get comfort, as I went before to get instruction. What a mercy to have the privilege of drawing near to God in his ordinances! How many doubts have been solved, fears dissipated, hearts comforted, darknesses dispelled, and snares broken, while waiting on God in the means of grace! Some understand the words, Thy way is in holiness - all thy dispensations, words, and works…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary - Luther renders this, “O God, thy way is holy.” Prof. Alexander, “O God, in holiness is thy way.” DeWette, “O God, holy is thy way.” The word rendered “sanctuary” - קדשׁ qôdesh - means properly “holiness.” It is not the same word which in Psalm 73:17 is rendered “sanctuary” - מקדשׁ miqdâsh The word here employed, however, may mean a holy place, a sanctuary, as the tabernacle Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:30, or the temple…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-20Verses 11-20 The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought out in the fulness of time…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15This central section of the poem reflects on God as the holy and powerful redeemer.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Thy way ... in the sanctuary--God's ways of grace and providence (Psa 22:3; 67:2), ordered on holy principles, as developed in His worship; or implied in His perfections, if "holiness" be used for "sanctuary," as some prefer translating (compare Ex 15:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 77
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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