Psalms 92 · Verse 5

Psalms 92:5

O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Psalms 92:5, King James Version

Psalms 92:5 in other translations

BSBHow great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
WEBHow great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.
ASVHow great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
YLTHow great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.
DARBYJehovah, how great are thy works! Thy thoughts are very deep:
BBEO Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
WebsterO LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

What does Psalms 92:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. great ... works--correspond to deep or vast thoughts (Psa 40:5; Ro 11:23).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 92:1-6

It is a privilege that we are admitted to praise the Lord, and hope to be accepted in the morning, and every night; not only on sabbath days, but every day; not only in public, but in private, and in our families. Let us give thanks every morning for the mercies of the night, and every night for the mercies of the day; going out, and coming in, let us bless God. As He makes us glad, through the works of his…

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Psalms 92:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַה\־mah-how!H4100
גָּדְל֣וּga.de.Luthey are greatH1431
מַעֲשֶׂ֣יךָma.'a.Sei.khaworks yourH4639
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
מְ֝אֹ֗דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
עָמְק֥וּ'a.me.Kuthey are deepH6009
מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ\׃mach.she.vo.Tei.khathoughts yourH4284

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Cross references for Psalms 92:5

  • Romans 11:33-34

    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! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

  • Isaiah 55:8-9

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

  • 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 139:17

    How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

  • Psalms 145:3-4

    Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

  • 1 Corinthians 2:10

    But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

  • Psalms 111:2

    The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

  • 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 104:24

    O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

  • Isaiah 28:29

    This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.

  • Psalms 66:3

    Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

  • Jeremiah 23:20

    The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O Lord.
40:5; 66:3; 104:24; 111:2; 145:3,4; Re 15:3
thoughts.
139:17; Isa 28:29; 55:8,9; Jer 23:20; Ro 11:33,34
deep.
64:6; Ec 7:24; 1Co 2:10

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Context

  • Psalms 92:4

    For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

  • Psalms 92:5

    O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

  • Psalms 92:6

    A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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Psalms 92:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¡Cuán grandes son tus obras, oh Jehová! Muy profundos son tus pensamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car, ô Éternel! tu m’as réjoui par tes actes; je chanterai de joie à cause des œuvres de tes mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wie groß sind deine Werke, Jehova! sehr tief sind deine Gedanken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Testimonia tua credibilia facta sunt nimis; domum tuam decet sanctitudo, Domine, in longitudinem dierum.