21:5 Your deliverance brings him great honor; 1
you give him majestic splendor. 2
77:13 3 O God, your deeds are extraordinary! 4
What god can compare to our great God? 5
86:10 For you are great and do amazing things.
You alone are God.
86:13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, 6
and will deliver my life 7 from the depths of Sheol. 8
99:2 The Lord is elevated 9 in Zion;
he is exalted over all the nations.
138:5 Let them sing about the Lord’s deeds, 10
for the Lord’s splendor is magnificent. 11
145:3 The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise!
No one can fathom his greatness! 12
147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; 13
there is no limit to his wisdom. 14
1 tn Or “great glory.”
2 tn Heb “majesty and splendor you place upon him.” For other uses of the phrase הוֹד וְהָדָר (hod vÿhadar, “majesty and splendor”) see 1 Chr 16:27; Job 40:10; Pss 96:6; 104:1; 111:3.
3 sn Verses 13-20 are the content of the psalmist’s reflection (see vv. 11-12). As he thought about God’s work in Israel’s past, he reached the place where he could confidently cry out for God’s help (see v. 1).
4 tn Heb “O God, in holiness [is] your way.” God’s “way” here refers to his actions. “Holiness” is used here in the sense of “set apart, unique,” rather than in a moral/ethical sense. As the next line and the next verse emphasize, God’s deeds are incomparable and set him apart as the one true God.
5 tn Heb “Who [is] a great god like God?” The rhetorical question assumes the answer, “No one!”
5 tn Heb “for your loyal love [is] great over me.”
6 tn Or “for he will have delivered my life.” The verb form indicates a future perfect here.
7 tn Or “lower Sheol.”
7 tn Heb “great.”
9 tn Heb “ways.”
10 tn Heb “great.”
11 tn Heb “and concerning his greatness there is no searching.”
13 tn Heb “and great of strength.”
14 tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”