Psalms 40:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Many are thy wonderful works For which I and the rest of thy people, included in the plural pronoun us, have abundant cause to praise and to trust in thee, as was said Psalms 40:3. And by which it will appear that he that trusteth in thee is in a most blessed and safe condition, as expressed Psalms 40:4. And this verse, wherein he passes from the singular to the plural number, may seem to be interposed as a wall of partition between that which David speaks in his own person, and that which he speaks in the person of the Messiah. And thy thoughts Thy gracious counsels or contrivances; which are to us-ward To me and the rest of thy people; to whom David often joins himself in this book. They cannot be reckoned up, &c. It passes our skill to order or reckon them up in order unto thee, because, indeed, they are innumerable.

Psalms 40:5

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.