15:11 Who is like you, 1 O Lord, among the gods? 2
Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, 3 working wonders?
4:35 All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. 4
He does as he wishes with the army of heaven
and with those who inhabit the earth.
No one slaps 5 his hand
and says to him, ‘What have you done?’
1 tn The question is of course rhetorical; it is a way of affirming that no one is comparable to God. See C. J. Labuschagne, The Incomparability of Yahweh in the Old Testament, 22, 66-67, and 94-97.
2 sn Verses 11-17 will now focus on Yahweh as the incomparable one who was able to save Israel from their foes and afterward lead them to the promised land.
3 tn S. R. Driver suggests “praiseworthy acts” as the translation (Exodus, 137).
4 tc The present translation reads כְּלָא (kÿla’), with many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Aram “strikes against.”