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.
‖Many, O LORD my God; are thy wonderfull workes which thou hast done, and thy thoughts, which are to vs ward: they cannot be reckoned vp in order vnto thee: if I would declare and speake of them, they are moe then can be numbred.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, none can order them vnto thee.
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- Jeremiah 29:11Rank 1 from verse 5
- Exodus 15:11Rank 2 from verse 5
- Psalms 139:17–18Rank 3 from verse 5
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
17*Howe precious also are thy thoughts vnto me, O God: how great is the summe of them?
18 If I should count them, they are moe in number then the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- Psalms 71:15Rank 4 from verse 5
- Psalms 92:5Rank 5 from verse 5
- Psalms 136:4Rank 6 from verse 5
- Isaiah 55:8–9Rank 7 from verse 5
8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
8¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, saith the LORD.
9For as the heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughts then your thouhts.
- Psalms 139:6Rank 9 from verse 5
- Job 37:19–20Rank 12 from verse 5
19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.
20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
19Teach vs what we shall say vnto him; for we cannot order our speach by reason of darknes.
20Shall it bee told him that I speake? if a man speake, surely he shalbe swallowed vp.
- Exodus 11:8Rank 13 from verse 5
8And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
8And all these thy seruants shall come downe vnto me, and bow downe themselues vnto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that †follow thee; and after that I wil goe out: and he went out from Pharaoh in †a great anger.
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Psalms 40:5
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The one true God.
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1. Causing wonder; astonishing or marvellous. 2. Beyond ordinary understanding or ability.
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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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Things thought or purposed in the mind or heart; ideas, reasonings, intentions, or purposes.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of reckon, meaning to count, calculate, consider, regard, or place to an account.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: Arrangement in a sequence, position, rank, class, manner, pattern, or appointed course. Sense 2: An instruction, rule, prescribed service, or kind of office. Sense 3: To set in order: to arrange, recount, repair, regulate, or complete.
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To make known, tell, announce, proclaim, explain, show, or state plainly.
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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
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Counted, reckoned, enrolled, listed, included in a company or class, or measured as to number or extent.
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4Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
4Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his truste: and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turne aside to lies.
5Many, 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.
5‖Many, O LORD my God; are thy wonderfull workes which thou hast done, and thy thoughts, which are to vs ward: they cannot be reckoned vp in order vnto thee: if I would declare and speake of them, they are moe then can be numbred.
Selected passage6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
6*†Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, mine eares hast thou opened: burnt offering and sinne-offering hast thou not required.