How Awesome Are Your Works - Praising God the Good Maker

Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Beshalach 2:1

Curated by Arthur·Translated by Maggid (Beta)·

Another interpretation [of "And it came to pass, when Pharaoh sent" (Exod. 13:17)]. This is what Scripture said: "Say to God, how awesome are Your works" (Ps. 66:3). Rabbi Eleazar, the son of Rabbi Jose the Galilean, said: What is the meaning of "Say to God"? Say to your good Maker, "Well done!"

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