New English Translation
Psalms 77:13
13O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great 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 works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! 12I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!” O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God? 14You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations. 15You delivered your people by your strength – the children 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 the Lord for one thing – this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple.
- Psalms 63:2Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.
- Psalms 68:25Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
- Psalms 73:17Then I entered the precincts of God’s temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings,
- Exodus 15:11Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
- Deuteronomy 32:31For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
- Isaiah 40:18To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him?
- Isaiah 46:5To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared!
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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