Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Psalms 147:5 in other translations
| BSB | Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. |
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| WEB | Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. |
| ASV | Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite. |
| YLT | Great is our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration. |
| DARBY | Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. |
| BBE | Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom. |
| Webster | Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. |
What does Psalms 147:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 147:4-5
4-5. God's power in nature (Is 40:26-28, and often) is presented as a pledge of His power to help His people. telleth ... stars--what no man can do (Ge 15:5).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 147:1-11
Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring them into his holy habitation. To those whom God heals with the consolations of his Spirit, he speaks peace, assures them their sins are pardoned. And for this, let others praise him also. Man's knowledge is soon ended; but…
Psalms 147:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 147:5
- Isaiah 40:28
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? there is no searching of his understanding.
- Psalms 139:17-18
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- Psalms 96:4
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
- Romans 11:33
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!
- Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Psalms 40:5
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.
- Psalms 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
- Jeremiah 10:6
Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Jeremiah 32:17-19
Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name, Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- 1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
- Revelation 15:3
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
- Psalms 99:2
The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 147:4
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
- Psalms 147:5
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- Psalms 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 147:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Grande es el Señor nuestro, y de mucha potencia; y de su entendimiento no hay número. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Notre Seigneur est grand et d’une grande puissance; son intelligence est sans bornes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Groß ist unser Herr, und groß an Macht; seiner Einsicht ist kein Maß. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui dat nivem sicut lanam; nebulam sicut cinerem spargit. |