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Psalms 77:13
13O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you?
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
11But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago. 12They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works. O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you? 14You are the God of great wonders! You demonstrate your awesome power among the nations. 15By your strong arm, you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Interlude
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 27:4The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.
- Psalms 63:2I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.
- Psalms 68:25Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.
- Psalms 73:17Then I went into your sanctuary, O God, and I finally understood the destiny of the wicked.
- Psalms 89:6For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?
- Exodus 15:11“Who is like you among the gods, O Lord— glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, performing great wonders?
- Deuteronomy 32:31But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.
- Isaiah 40:18To whom can you compare God? What image can you find to resemble him?
- Isaiah 46:5“To whom will you compare me? Who is my equal?
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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