21 Because of your word and according to your will, you have revealed all these great things to your servant.

22 This is why you are great,(A) Lord God. There is no one like you, and there is no God besides you,(B) as all we have heard confirms. 23 And who is like your people Israel? God came to one nation on earth in order to redeem a people for himself, to make a name for himself, and to perform for them[a] great and awesome acts,[b] driving out nations and their gods before your people you redeemed for yourself from Egypt.(C)

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  1. 7:23 Some Hb mss, Tg, Vg, Syr; other Hb mss read you
  2. 7:23 LXX; MT reads acts for your land

21 For the sake of your word and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

22 “How great(A) you are,(B) Sovereign Lord! There is no one like(C) you, and there is no God(D) but you, as we have heard with our own ears.(E) 23 And who is like your people Israel(F)—the one nation on earth that God went out to redeem as a people for himself, and to make a name(G) for himself, and to perform great and awesome wonders(H) by driving out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you redeemed(I) from Egypt?[a]

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  1. 2 Samuel 7:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 17:21; Hebrew wonders for your land and before your people, whom you redeemed from Egypt, from the nations and their gods.