New English Translation
Psalms 106:2
2Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds?
Psalms 106:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can shew forth all his praise?
- New International Version (NIV)Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who can utter the mighty deeds of the Lord, or declare all his praise?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise?
Context of Psalms 106:2
1Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! Who can adequately recount the Lord’s mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? 3How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time! 4Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver,
Read all of Psalms 106Psalms 106:2 word by word
מִ֗י יְ֭מַלֵּל גְּבוּר֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה יַ֝שְׁמִ֗יעַ כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 106:2
- Psalms 40:5O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
- Psalms 139:17How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness!
- Job 5:9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;
- Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
- Romans 11:33Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!
- Ephesians 1:19and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength.
- Ephesians 3:18you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
- Nehemiah 9:5The Levites – Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah – said, “Stand up and bless the lord your God!” “May you be blessed, O lord our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise.
Commentaries on Psalms 106:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? - His acts are all acts of might; and particularly those in behalf of his followers.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? - Who can speak the great things of God? Who can find language which will suitably express what he has done, or which will “come up” in sublimity to his acts? In other words, human language must fall immeasurably short of adequately expressing the praises of Yahweh, or conveying the fullness of what he has done. Who has not felt this when he has endeavored to praise God in a proper manner? Compare the notes at…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3Wise people who practice justice and righteousness receive encouragement to proclaim the Lord’s great acts.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. His acts exceed our comprehension, as His praise our powers of expression (Ro 11:33). Their unutterable greatness is not to keep us back, but to urge us the more to try to praise Him as best we can (Psa 40:5; 71:15).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 106
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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