Psalm 77:13
New International Version
Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God?

New Living Translation
O God, your ways are holy. Is there any god as mighty as you?

English Standard Version
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God?

Berean Standard Bible
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?

King James Bible
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

New King James Version
Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so great a God as our God?

New American Standard Bible
Your way, God, is holy; What god is great like our God?

NASB 1995
Your way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God?

NASB 1977
Thy way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God?

Legacy Standard Bible
O God, Your way is holy; What god is great like God?

Amplified Bible
Your way, O God, is holy [far from sin and guilt]. What god is great like our God?

Christian Standard Bible
God, your way is holy. What god is great like God?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God, Your way is holy. What god is great like God?

American Standard Version
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: Who is a great god like unto God?

Contemporary English Version
Everything you do is right, and no other god compares with you.

English Revised Version
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is a great god like unto God?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O God, your ways are holy! What god is as great as our God?

Good News Translation
Everything you do, O God, is holy. No god is as great as you.

International Standard Version
God, your way is holy. What god is like our great God?

Majority Standard Bible
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?

NET Bible
O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God?

New Heart English Bible
Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?

Webster's Bible Translation
Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God!

World English Bible
Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
O God, Your way [is] in holiness, "" Who [is] a great god like God?

Young's Literal Translation
O God, in holiness is Thy way, Who is a great god like God?

Smith's Literal Translation
O God, thy way is in the holy place: what God great as God?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thy way, O God, is in the holy place: who is the great God like our God?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Your way, O God, is in what is holy. Which God is great like our God?

New American Bible
Your way, God, is holy; what god is as great as our God?

New Revised Standard Version
Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thy way, O God, is holy; there is none so great as our God.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Oh God, your way is holy, and there is none who is great like our God!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
O God, Thy way is in holiness; Who is a great god like unto God?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O God, thy way is in the sanctuary; who is a great God as our God?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD
12I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds. 13Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God? 14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.…

Cross References
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?

Psalm 86:8-10
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours. / All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name. / For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

Psalm 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Job 11:7-9
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? / They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? / Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

Deuteronomy 3:24
“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

Jeremiah 10:6-7
There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power. / Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

Romans 11:33-36
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! / “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?” / “Who has first given to God, that God should repay him?” ...

Revelation 15:3-4
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations! / Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

1 Timothy 6:15-16
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time. / He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

Ephesians 3:20-21
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, / to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”


Treasury of Scripture

Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?

thy way

Psalm 27:4
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalm 63:2
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

Psalm 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

who

Psalm 89:6-8
For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? …

Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

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Psalm 77
1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he had with distrust
10. The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious works.














Your way
The phrase "Your way" refers to the path or manner in which God operates. In Hebrew, the word "way" is "דֶּרֶךְ" (derekh), which can mean a road, journey, or course of life. This suggests that God's actions and plans are purposeful and directed. Historically, the Israelites understood God's "way" as His divine guidance and providence, leading them through the wilderness and into the Promised Land. This phrase invites believers to trust in God's sovereign plan, recognizing that His ways are higher than human ways (Isaiah 55:8-9).

O God
The term "O God" is a direct address to the Almighty, emphasizing a personal relationship with the Creator. The Hebrew word for God here is "אֱלֹהִים" (Elohim), a plural form that denotes majesty and power. This name for God is used throughout the Old Testament to highlight His supreme authority and creative power. In the context of this psalm, it underscores the psalmist's reverence and awe for God's holiness and greatness.

is holy
The word "holy" in Hebrew is "קָדוֹשׁ" (qadosh), meaning set apart, sacred, or pure. God's holiness is a central theme in Scripture, signifying His absolute moral perfection and separateness from sin. Archaeological findings, such as ancient temple inscriptions, often highlight the concept of holiness as a divine attribute. For believers, God's holiness is both a source of comfort and a call to live a life set apart for Him, reflecting His purity and righteousness.

What god
This phrase introduces a rhetorical question that emphasizes the uniqueness of the God of Israel. In the ancient Near Eastern context, many nations worshiped a pantheon of gods, each with limited power and domain. The psalmist challenges this notion by asserting the incomparable nature of the one true God. This question invites reflection on the futility of idolatry and the supremacy of the God of the Bible.

is so great
The word "great" in Hebrew is "גָּדוֹל" (gadol), which conveys the idea of magnitude, importance, and power. God's greatness is a recurring theme in the Psalms, often linked to His mighty acts of creation and salvation. Historically, the Israelites experienced God's greatness through miraculous events such as the Exodus and the conquest of Canaan. For Christians, God's greatness is ultimately revealed in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who embodies God's power and love.

as our God
The phrase "as our God" personalizes the relationship between the psalmist and the divine. It reflects a covenantal bond, where God is not just a distant deity but a personal Lord who is actively involved in the lives of His people. This relationship is rooted in the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and fulfilled in the New Covenant through Christ. For believers, this phrase is a reminder of the intimate and personal nature of their faith, encouraging them to rely on God's greatness and holiness in their daily lives.

(13) In the sanctuary.--Rather, with the holy, i.e., with "Israel," the "saint" of God.

Verse 13. - Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary; rather, in holiness. God's "way" - his conduct, his proceedings - however strange and mysterious it may seem to us, is always holy, i.e. just and right (comp. Genesis 18:25; Job 8:3). Who is so great a God as our God? God is both good and great; just in himself, and able to execute justice.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Your way,
דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ (dar·ke·ḵā)
Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

O God,
אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

is holy.
בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ (baq·qō·ḏeš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

What
מִי־ (mî-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

god
אֵ֥ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

[is so] great
גָּ֝ד֗וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

as [our] God?
כֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃ (kê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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