“ O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. ”
O Lord, how great are thy works! - Compare Psalms 8:3 ; Psalms 40:5 . See also the notes at Job 11:7 . The meaning here is this: The psalmist, on the Sabbath, in giving himself to meditation o...
XCII. In Praise of Providence. God's counsels are too deep for the stupid man. But in fact the prosperity of the wicked is superficial. Psalms 92:10 b . Read, Thou hast sprinkled me with fre...
very deep. Compare Psalms 36:6 ; Psalms 40:5 ; Psalms 139:17 ; Romans 11:33 .
5 O Jehovah! how highly exalted are thy works! The Psalmist, having spoken of the works of God in general, proceeds to speak more particularly of his justice in the government of the world....
DISCOURSE: 657 GOD ADMIRED IN HIS WORKS Psalms 92:4-5 . Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thought...
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. Hour great are thy works! - They are multitudinous, stupendous, and splendid: and thy thoughts - thy designs and counsels, from whic...
And thy thoughts are very deep— How deep are thy designs! Green.
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. The 'works of Yahweh,' which are pronounced "great," are His...
This is a Ps. of praise, called forth by some special manifestation of God's loving-kindness. This general theme is set forth in Psalms 92:1-4 ; Psalms 92:5-11 contain reflections on the meaning o...
Thoughts. — Better, plans, or purposes. (Comp. in addition to references in margin, Psalms 36:6 .)
Psalms 92:1-15 AUTHORITIES differ in their arrangement of this psalm. Clearly, the first three verses are a prelude; and if these are left out of account, the remainder of the psalm consists of tw...
Gladness and Growth Psalms 92:1-15 The inscription alludes to the suitability of this psalm for the Sabbath day. Psalms 92:1-3 contain the general statement of the desirability of praise and...
THIS is a song of praise. The seemliness of praise is first declared (vv. Psa 92:1-3); and then reasons for it are given (vv. Psa 92:4-15). Praise is good as the first exercise of the day and also as...
What work, I would ask my soul, hath the Lord made me glad through? Oh! what innumerable subjects may I find for gratitude and joy through the whole kingdoms of his word, his providence, and his grac...
O Lord, how great are thy works! .... Of nature, providence, and grace, both for quantity and for quality, for number, excellency, and glory, as they are a display of God's wisdom, power, and goodne...
O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep. Ver. 5. O Lord, how great are thy works! ] Surely so great that I cannot utter them, and must, therefore, thus vent myself by an...
For thou hast made me glad through thy work , &c. Which thou didst create by thine almighty power, and dost still govern with infinite wisdom. “A prospect of creation, in the vernal season,” say...
Incitements to Praise of God. A psalm or song for the sabbath day. 1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto th...
Thy thoughts; thy counsels and methods in the government of the world and of thy church.
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath-day .” It so far combines the properties of both a psalm and a song that either name may be applied to it. This psalm was appointed f...
Psalms 92:1 . It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: It is good in itself; it is good for those who hear it; but it is especially good fo...
Psalms 92:3 . Ten strings. Stringed instruments, as in Psalms 150:4 . These are four, the asur, the nebal, the higgaion, and the kinnor or harp: a full band for singing in the courts of t...
For Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through Thy work: I will triumph in the works of Thy hands. Delight in God’s works The Hebrew prophets and psalmists, when their minds were in the most exalted...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm is entitled, "a Psalm or Song for the sabbath day," and was therefore, we may conclude, intended for liturgical use in the temple on that weekly festival. Jewish traditio...
A Sabbath Meditation. A psalm or song for the Sabbath-day, used by the Jewish Church on the seventh day of the week, as one of the hymns of liturgical worship.
1 Corinthians 2:10 ; Ecclesiastes 7:24 ; Isaiah 28:29 ; Isaiah 55:8 ; Isaiah 55:9 ; Jeremiah 23:20 ; Psalms 104:24 ; Psalms 111:2 ; Psalms 145:3 ; Psalms 145:4 ; Psalms 40:5 ; Psalms 64:6...
Thoughts — Thy counsels in the government of the world and of thy church.