Psalms 89:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 89:6

For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

KJV

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ASV

For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,

WEB

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

YLT

For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?

DBT

For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? [who] among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah?

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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28 verses on the floor

Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Psalms 86:8
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Psalms 113:5
Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high,
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

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They are sons of the mighty, but which of them can be likened unto the Lord? Nobles are princes' peers; some parity there is between them. But there is none between God and the angels; they are not his peers.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 89:6PSA 86:8 EXO 15:11
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:6PSA 113:5 ISA 40:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:6PSA 29:1 PSA 96:7-9
PSA 89:6PSA 86:8 PSA 89:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:6JER 10:6 DEU 33:26
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 89:6PSA 86:8 DEU 3:24
PSA 89:6JER 10:6 PSA 96:4
PSA 89:6JER 10:6 PSA 48:1

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