New English Translation
Psalms 86:10
10For you are great and do amazing things. 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
8None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! 9All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name. For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God. 11O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! 12O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually!
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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 86:8None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable!
- Psalms 72:18The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things!
- Psalms 77:14You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
- Exodus 15:11Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
- Job 11:7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?
- Daniel 6:26I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.
- Acts 2:19And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.
- Acts 4:30while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
- Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
- Hebrews 2:4while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
- Deuteronomy 6:3Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number – as the Lord, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 32:39“See now that I, indeed I, am he!” says the Lord, “and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power.
- Isaiah 37:16“O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: “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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