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Selected Verse: Psalms 92:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 92:5 |
King James |
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| great . . . works--correspond to deep or vast thoughts (Psa 40:5; Rom 11:23). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
O Lord, how great are thy works! - Compare Psa 8:3; Psa 40:5. See also the notes at Job 11:7. The meaning here is this: The psalmist, on the Sabbath, in giving himself to meditation on the works of God, is overwhelmed with a sense of their vastness, their incomprehensible nature, and the depth of wisdom evinced, far beyond the grasp of man, in what God had done. How soon is man lost; how soon does he get beyond his depth; how soon does he feel that here is greatness which he cannot comprehend, and wisdom which he cannot fathom, and goodness which he cannot appreciate, when he sits down to meditate on the works of God!
And thy thoughts are very deep - Compare Isa 28:29; Rom 11:33-34. The meaning is, that the plans or the purposes of God, as evinced in the works of creation and providence, are too profound for man to understand them. Who but God himself can comprehend them? |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Thoughts - Thy counsels in the government of the world and of thy church. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Hour great are thy works! - They are multitudinous, stupendous, and splendid: and thy thoughts - thy designs and counsels, from which, by which, and in reference to which, they have been formed; are very deep - so profound as not to be fathomed by the comprehension of man. |
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;