Bible Strands
Psalms 77:14
You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Asaph (or the psalmist) addresses God directly, in the middle of a turn from lament to remembrance. The verse bridges the declaration of God's holiness (v. 13) with the specific act of redeeming Jacob and Joseph (v. 15).
The words — פֶּלֶא (pele') means "wonder" or "wonderful thing," a term reserved for acts that exceed human capacity and recurs throughout Scripture as a marker of divine action.
The thread — The same pairing of wonder-working and universal scope recurs in Exodus 15:11, Psalms 136:4, and Daniel 6:27, where God's signs are set before the nations as proof of His uniqueness.
Why it lands — The verse places God's power on a global stage, not a private one; it asks the reader to reckon with a God whose strength is displayed among all peoples, not only Israel.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Cross-references
- Daniel 6:27 He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
- Psalms 136:4 He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Exodus 13:14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Psalms 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
- Joshua 9:9 “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
- Revelation 15:3 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!
- Exodus 15:6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
- Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.