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Selected Verse: Psalms 147:5 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 147:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Great [01419] is our Lord [0113], and of great [07227] power [03581]: his understanding [08394] is infinite [04557]. |
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King James |
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Great is our Lord - See the notes at Psa 48:1.
And of great power - This seems to be added, as in Isa 40:28, in view of the power required in making the heavens, and in guiding and numbering the stars: "Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?"
His understanding is infinite - Margin, Of his understanding there is no number. That is, This corresponds with his power to number the stars. There is no limit to it. It is not bounded; there is no point reached where it can be said that there is no more; that it is exhausted. See the notes at Isa 40:28 : "There is no searching of his understanding." |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| His understanding is infinite - To his intelligence there is no number: though he numbers the stars, his understanding is without number. It is infinite; therefore, he can know, as he can do, all things. |
28 Hast thou not known [03045]? hast thou not heard [08085], that the everlasting [05769] God [0430], the LORD [03068], the Creator [01254] of the ends [07098] of the earth [0776], fainteth [03286] not, neither is weary [03021]? there is no searching [02714] of his understanding [08394].
28 Hast thou not known [03045]? hast thou not heard [08085], that the everlasting [05769] God [0430], the LORD [03068], the Creator [01254] of the ends [07098] of the earth [0776], fainteth [03286] not, neither is weary [03021]? there is no searching [02714] of his understanding [08394].
1 A Song [07892] and Psalm [04210] for the sons [01121] of Korah [07141]. Great [01419] is the LORD [03068], and greatly [03966] to be praised [01984] in the city [05892] of our God [0430], in the mountain [02022] of his holiness [06944].