New Living Translation
Psalms 147:5
5How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!
Psalms 147:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
- New International Version (NIV)Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.
Context of Psalms 147:5
3He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. 4He counts the stars and calls them all by name. How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension! 6The Lord supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust. 7Sing out your thanks to the Lord; sing praises to our God with a harp.
Read all of Psalms 147Psalms 147:5 word by word
גָּד֣וֹל אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ וְרַב־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 147:5
- Psalms 48:1How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!
- Psalms 96:4Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 99:2The Lord sits in majesty in Jerusalem, exalted above all the nations.
- Psalms 135:5I know the greatness of the Lord— that our Lord is greater than any other god.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.
- 1 Chronicles 16:25Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Jeremiah 10:6Lord, there is no one like you! For you are great, and your name is full of power.
- Jeremiah 32:17“O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for you!
- Nahum 1:3The Lord is slow to get angry, but his power is great, and he never lets the guilty go unpunished. He displays his power in the whirlwind and the storm. The billowing clouds are the dust beneath his feet.
- Revelation 15:3And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your works, O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.
- Psalms 40:5O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.
- Psalms 139:17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
- Isaiah 40:28Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
- Romans 11:33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!
Commentaries on Psalms 147:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Great is our Lord - See the notes at Psalm 48:1. And of great power - This seems to be added, as in Isaiah 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The Lord created the heavens. He determines the number of the stars: God's people can feel secure knowing the Lord cares for every detail of his creation. He knows all that belongs to him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. 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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 147
- 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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