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Psalms 86:8
8There is none like You among the gods, my Lord, there are no deeds like Yours.
Psalms 86:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- New International Version (NIV)Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works.
Context of Psalms 86:8
6Give ear, Adonai, to my prayer, listen to the voice of my supplications. 7In the day of my trouble I call upon You, for You will answer me. There is none like You among the gods, my Lord, there are no deeds like Yours. 9All nations You have made will come and bow down before You, my Lord, and they will glorify Your Name. 10For You are great, and do wonders— You alone are God.
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אֵין־כָּמ֖וֹךָ בָאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ אֲדֹנָ֗י וְאֵ֣ין כְּֽמַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 86:8
- Psalms 89:6The heavens praise Your wonders, Adonai —Your faithfulness, too— in the assembly of the kedoshim.
- Exodus 15:11Who is like You, Adonai, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, doing wonders?
- Isaiah 40:18To whom then will you liken God? To what likeness will you compare Him?
- Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, Adonai! You are great and great is Your Name in power.
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I hereby decree that any people, nation or language that says anything slanderous against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego will be torn limb from limb and their house made a pile of rubble, because there is no other god that is able to deliver in this way.”
- Psalms 136:4who alone did great wonders, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
- Deuteronomy 3:24‘O Lord Adonai, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand—for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do deeds and mighty acts like Yours?
- Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god ever tried to come to take for himself a nation from within a nation—by trials, by signs and wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—like all that Adonai your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Commentaries on Psalms 86:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord - None that trusted in an idol ever had help in time of need; none that prayed to any of them ever had an answer to his petitions. Thou savest; they cannot; thou upholdest; they must be upheld by their foolish worshippers. Thou art my Director, אדני Adonai ; but they cannot direct nor teach; they have mouths, but they speak not.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord - Among all those which are worshipped as gods there is no one that can hear and save. The psalmist, in respect to prayer, and to help to be obtained by prayer, compares his own condition with that of those who worshipped false gods. He had a God who could hear; they had none. A true child of God now in trouble may properly compare his condition in this respect with that of those who make no profession…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. 88. neither ... works--literally, "nothing like thy works," the "gods" have none at all.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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