Neither gold nor crystal ¹  can be compared with it, nor can a vase ²  of gold match its worth.

None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! ¹ 

The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees ¹  match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.

If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, ¹ 

Then I would not be ashamed, if ¹  I were focused on ²  all your commands.

He said to them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim’s leftover grapes ¹  are better quality than Abiezer’s harvest! ² 

Let each one examine ¹  his own work. Then he can take pride ²  in himself and not compare himself with ³  someone else.

All ¹  these things are the beginning of birth pains.

It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” ¹  When he said this, they calmed down. ² 

Furthermore, I am giving ¹  you what you did not request – riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. ² 

He presented them with another parable: ¹  “The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things – indeed, I regard them as dung! ¹  – that I may gain Christ,

O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. ¹  No one can thwart you! ²  I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount! ³ 

You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you!

“Don’t remember these earlier events; ¹  don’t recall these former events.

But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!

Who is like you, ¹  O Lord, among the gods? ²  Who is like you? – majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, ³  working wonders?

With all my strength I will say, ¹  “O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue ²  the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; ³  the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them.” ⁴ 

Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; ¹  you have done great things. ²  O God, who can compare to you? ³ 

“Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? ¹