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Today, we'll open our Bibles to Psalm 86, where we will see that there is no one like the Lord.

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paultrip.com slash psalms. Here's Paul Tripp with psalm 86.

Samma says there, I run to you because frankly, there's just no one like you. No one is great

like you. No one is gracious like you. No one is gracious like you.

No one is loving like you. You are the incomparable great one. Well, the great now deceased musician, Prince, wrote a famous, hauntingly beautiful song that was made a big hit by Sheney O'Connor called

No One, Nothing compares to You. Nothing compares to you. That should be the title of Psalm 86.

Because Psalm 86 is about the incomparable, infinite greatness of God.

That literally there is nothing in heaven, there is nothing on earth that could ever come close to comparing to the majestic splendor,

the glorious glory, the perfect holiness, the boundless love, the unfailing wisdom,

and the inexhaustible grace of the Lord.

There's just nothing like the Lord.

Let me read a longer portion than I normally read

in these studies.

Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me,

for I am poor and needy.

Preserve my life, for I am godly.

Save your servant who trust in you, you are my God. Be gracious to me,

O Lord. For to you, do I cry all day? Glad in the soul of your servant, for to you,

O Lord, do I lift up my soul? For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding and steadfast love

to all who call upon you. Give here, O Lord, to my prayer. Listen to my plea for grace.

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