“Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.”
God's uniqueness is affirmed: "There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours." The assertion that God is incomparable establishes the basis for trust: if no other being or power equals God, then God's capacity to help is unrivaled.
Church Fathers on Psalms 86:8
1. No greater gift could God have given to men than in making His Word, by which He created all things, their Head, and joining them to Him as His members: that the Son of God might become also the Son of man, one God with the Father, one Man with men; so that when we speak to God in prayer for mercy, we do not separate the Son from Him; and when the Body of the Son prays, it separates not its Head from itself: and it is one Saviour of His Body, our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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