Exodus 15:11

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?

Job 5:9

5:9 He does ⁴  great and unsearchable ⁵  things,

marvelous things without ⁶  number; ⁷ 

Deuteronomy 32:4

32:4 As for the Rock, ⁸  his work is perfect,

for all his ways are just.

He is a reliable God who is never unjust,

he is fair ⁹  and upright.

Psalms 78:12

78:12 He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors,

in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 105:5

105:5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,

his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, ¹¹ 

Psalms 111:2

111:2 The Lord’s deeds are great,

eagerly awaited ¹²  by all who desire them.

Psalms 118:22-23

118:22 The stone which the builders discarded ¹³ 

has become the cornerstone. ¹⁴ 

118:23 This is the Lord’s work.

We consider it amazing! ¹⁵ 

Psalms 139:14

139:14 I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. ¹⁶ 

You knew me thoroughly; ¹⁷ 

Psalms 145:6

145:6 They will proclaim ¹⁸  the power of your awesome acts!

I will declare your great deeds!

Daniel 4:2-3

4:2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me.

4:3 “How great are his signs!

How mighty are his wonders!

His kingdom will last forever, ¹⁹ 

and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”

[15:11]  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.

[15:11]  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.

[15:11]  ³ tn S. R. Driver suggests “praiseworthy acts” as the translation (Exodus, 137).

[5:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “who does.” It is common for such doxologies to begin with participles; they follow the pattern of the psalms in this style. Because of the length of the sentence in Hebrew and the conventions of English style, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[5:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew has וְאֵין חֵקֶר (vÿ’en kheqer), literally, “and no investigation.” The use of the conjunction on the expression follows a form of the circumstantial clause construction, and so the entire expression describes the great works as “unsearchable.”

[5:9]  ⁶ tn The preposition in עַד־אֵין (’ad ’en, “until there was no”) is stereotypical; it conveys the sense of having no number (see Job 9:10; Ps 40:13).

[5:9]  ⁷ sn H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 54) notes that the verse fits Eliphaz’s approach very well, for he has good understanding of the truth, but has difficulty in making the correct conclusions from it.

[32:4]  ⁸ tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”

[32:4]  ⁹ tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).

[78:12]  ¹⁰ sn The region of Zoan was located in the Egyptian delta, where the enslaved Israelites lived (see Num 13:22; Isa 19:11, 13; 30:4; Ezek 30:14).

[105:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”

[111:2]  ¹² tn Heb “sought out.”

[118:22]  ¹³ tn Or “rejected.”

[118:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the head of the corner.”

[118:23]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “it is amazing in our eyes.” The use of the plural pronoun here and in vv. 24-27 suggests that the psalmist may be speaking for the entire nation. However, it is more likely that vv. 22-27 are the people’s response to the psalmist’s thanksgiving song (see especially v. 26). They rejoice with him because his deliverance on the battlefield (see vv. 10-12) had national repercussions.

[139:14]  ¹⁶ tc Heb “because awesome things, I am distinct, amazing [are] your works.” The text as it stands is syntactically problematic and makes little, if any, sense. The Niphal of פָּלָה (pala’) occurs elsewhere only in Exod 33:16. Many take the form from פָלָא (pala’; see GKC 216 §75.qq), which in the Niphal perfect means “to be amazing” (see 2 Sam 1:26; Ps 118:23; Prov 30:18). Some, following the LXX and some other ancient witnesses, also prefer to emend the verb from first to second person, “you are amazing” (see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 249, 251). The present translation assumes the text conflates two variants: נפלאים, the otherwise unattested masculine plural participle of פָלָא, and נִפְלָאוֹת (nifla’ot), the usual (feminine) plural form of the Niphal participle. The latter has been changed to a verb by later scribes in an attempt to accommodate it syntactically. The original text likely read, נוראות נפלאותים מעשׂיך (“your works [are] awesome [and] amazing”).

[139:14]  ¹⁷ tc Heb “and my being knows very much.” Better parallelism is achieved (see v. 15a) if one emends יֹדַעַת (yoda’at), a Qal active participle, feminine singular form, to יָדַעְתָּ (yada’ta), a Qal perfect second masculine singular perfect. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 252.

[145:6]  ¹⁸ tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as an imperfect, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they proclaim.”

[4:3]  ¹⁹ tn Aram “his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.”