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Ramban on Deuteronomy 10:21/רמב"ן על דברים י׳:כ״א
אוְטַעַם הוּא תְהִלָּתְךָ וְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ, הוּא יִהְיֶה תְּהִלָּתְךָ שֶׁתִּתֵּן כָּל תְּהִלָּתְךָ אֵלָיו, אוֹתוֹ תְּהַלֵּל תָּמִיד וּכְבוֹדוֹ לְאַחֵר לֹא תִתֵּן וּתְהִלָּתוֹ לַפְּסִילִים, וְלֹא אֶל הָאֱלֹהִים וְהָאֲדוֹנִים הַנִּזְכָּרִים. אוֹ יֹאמַר הוּא תְּהִלָּתְךָ, שֶׁבּוֹ אַתָּה מְהֻלָּל עַל כָּל הָעַמִּים, כִּלְשׁוֹן כִּי תִפְאֶרֶת עֻזָּמוֹ אָתָּה (תהלים פט יח), ה' עֻזִּי וּמָעֻזִּי (ירמיהו טז יט):
1HE IS THY PRAISE, AND HE IS THY G-D. The meaning thereof is that He should be your [sole object of] praise, that you are to devote all your praise to Him, praising Him always and not to give His glory to another, neither His praise to graven images,267 nor to the gods and lords mentioned.257 Or he may be stating: “He is thy praise, for through Him you are praised above all peoples,” similar in expression to the verses, For Thou art the glory of their strength;268 O Eternal, my strength, and my stronghold.269
בוְהוּא אֱלֹהֶיךָ, שֶׁיִּחֵד שְׁמוֹ עָלֶיךָ שֶׁתִּהְיֶה לוֹ לְעָם וְהוּא יִהְיֶה לְּךָ לֵאלֹהִים, וְלֹא כִּשְׁאָר הָאֻמּוֹת אֲשֶׁר הוּא לָהֶם אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר חָלַק לָהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי (ויקרא יח כה), כִּי עָשָׂה עִמְּךָ הַגְּדוֹלוֹת וְהַנּוֹרָאוֹת שֶׁמֵּהֶם תַּכִּיר כִּי אַתָּה חֶבְלוֹ וְנַחֲלָתוֹ וְעֵינָיו תָּמִיד עָלֶיךָ לְטוֹב:
2And He is thy G-d, for He has especially addressed His Name to you, that you be unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a G-d,270 unlike the rest of the peoples to whom He is the G-d of [the various] gods [i.e., angels, etc.] that He allotted to them, as I have explained,271 because he has done for you the great and tremendous things from which you can recognize that you are His portion and His inheritance, and His eyes are always upon you for good.