26:13 O Lord, our God,
masters other than you have ruled us,
but we praise your name alone.
45:5 I am the Lord, I have no peer, 1
there is no God but me.
I arm you for battle, 2 even though you do not recognize 3 me.
64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, 4
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who intervenes for those who wait for him.
45:21 Tell me! Present the evidence! 5
Let them consult with one another!
Who predicted this in the past?
Who announced it beforehand?
Was it not I, the Lord?
I have no peer, there is no God but me,
a God who vindicates and delivers; 6
there is none but me.
1 tn Heb “and there is none besides.” On the use of עוֹד (’od) here, see BDB 729 s.v. 1.c.
2 tn Heb “gird you” (so NASB) or “strengthen you” (so NIV).
3 tn Or “know” (NAB, NCV, NRSV, TEV, CEV, NLT); NIV “have not acknowledged.”
1 tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”
1 tn Heb “Declare! Bring near!”; NASB “Declare and set forth your case.” See 41:21.
2 tn Or “a righteous God and deliverer”; NASB, NIV, NRSV “a righteous God and a Savior.”