John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works." — Psalms 86:8 (ASV)
Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord
Among the angels of heaven, as the Targum, in the king's Bible; see (Matthew 24:36) , and who are sometimes called gods, and among whom there is none like to the Lord; see (Psalms 97:7) (Hebrews 1:6) (Psalms 89:6) or among civil magistrates, he being King of kings, and Lord of lords, the only Potentate; among whom he judges, over whom he presides, and whom he sets up and puts down at pleasure, (Psalms 82:1–6) , or among all those that are named gods in heaven, or on earth, the nominal and fictitious gods of the Gentiles, who are vanity, and the work of error: the portion of Jacob is not like them, (Jeremiah 10:15Jeremiah 10:16) , there is none like him, for the perfections of his nature, his power, wisdom, faithfulness, holiness, justice, mercy, grace, and goodness; (Exodus 15:11) (Psalms 89:8) (Psalms 113:5Psalms 113:6) (Micah 7:18) .
neither are there any works like unto your works ;
as the works of creation and providence, and those of redemption and grace, in which there is such a manifest display of the perfections of his nature, (Deuteronomy 3:24) .