Tafsiran Ulangan 4:7: Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra, Sforno & Rashbam

כִּ֚י מִי־ג֣וֹי גָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁר־ל֥וֹ אֱלֹהִ֖ים קְרֹבִ֣ים אֵלָ֑יו כַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ בְּכָּל־קָרְאֵ֖נוּ אֵלָֽיו׃

Sebab, bangsa besar manakah yang mempunyai allah yang dekat kepadanya seperti Yang Mahakekal, Allah kita, setiap kali kita berseru kepada-Nya?

Chizkuni

בכל קראינו אליו, “whenever we call upon Him.” Whenever we make an effort to call upon His assistance; (compare: Deut.4,29): ובקשתם משם את ה' אלוקיך ומצאת כי תדרשנו בכל לבבך ובכל נפשך, “but from there (exile) you will seek the Lord your G-d; you will find Him if you seek Him out with all your heart and all your soul.
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Ibn Ezra

What great nation as to have a God close by — i.e., One Who answers everything that they wisely request. Nor is there a great nation whose decrees and laws all appear as righteous to the unbiased mind as do Israel’s.
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Sforno

כי מי גוי גדול אשר אלוקים קרובים אליו, for it will pay you to be considered intelligent and wise in the eyes of the gentiles seeing that G’d is close to us בכל קראנו אליו, whenever we call upon Him. This teaches the gentiles that we are the chosen people. If the gentiles would consider you as being fools this would be a desecration of G’d’s name for they would then ask derisively: “is this the nation that claims to be G’d’s special nation?” (compare Ezekiel 36,20)
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