In utter contrast with the impotence, the nothingness of all the gods of the nations, whether Israel's neighbours or his invaders, stands for ever the God of Israel. _There is none at all like Thee, O Iahweh! great art Thou, and great is Thy Name in might!_ With different vowel points, we might render, _Whence_ (cometh) _Thy like, O Iahvah?_ This has been supported by reference to chap. xxx. 7: _Alas! for great is that day. Whence_ (is one) _like it?_ (_me`ayin?_); but there too, as here, we may equally well translate, _there is none like it_. The interrogative, in fact, presupposes a negative answer; and the Hebrew particle usually rendered _there is not, are not_ (_`ayin, `ên_) has been explained as originally identical with the interrogative _where?_ (_`ayin_, implied in _me`ayin_, "from where?" "whence?" cf. Job. xiv. 10: _where is he?_ = _he is not_). The idiom of the text expresses a more emphatic negation than the ordinary form would do; and though rare, is by no means altogether unparalleled (see Isa. xl. 17, xli. 24; and other references in Gesenius). _Great art Thou and great is Thy Name in might_; that is to say, Thou art great in Thyself, and great in repute or manifestation among men, in respect of _might_, virile strength or prowess (Ps. xxi. 14). Unlike the do-nothing idols, Iahvah reveals His strength in deeds of strength (cf. Exod. xv. 3 _sqq._). _Who should not fear Thee, Thou King of the nations?_ (cf. v. 22) _for Thee it beseemeth_ (= it is Thy due, and Thine only): _for among all the wise of the nations and in all their realm, there is none at all_ (as in ver. 6) _like Thee_. Religious fear is instinctive in man; but, whereas the various nations lavish reverence upon innumerable objects utterly unworthy of the name of deity, rational religion sees clearly that there can be but One God, working His supreme will in heaven and earth; and that this Almighty being is the true "King of the nations," and disposes their destinies as well as that of His people Israel, although they know Him not, but call other imaginary beings their _kings_ (a common Semitic designation of a national god: Ps. xx. 9; Isa. vi. 5, viii. 21). He, then, is the proper object of the instinct of religious awe; all the peoples of the earth owe Him adoration, even though they be ignorant of their obligation; worship is His unshared prerogative.