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How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.
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Awe at God's Greatness
Commentators agree that this verse is an exclamation of awe at the vastness of God's works and the profundity of His plans. When we meditate on creation, providence, and salvation, we are meant to feel our own limitations and recognize that God's purposes are far too deep for us to fully comprehend.
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Psalms
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Thoughts. — Better, plans, or purposes. (Compare, in addition to references in the margin,[Reference Psalms 36:6…
Baptist
There is little that we know of the thoughts of God except as we gather them from His works or learn them from His Word, "for what man knoweth …
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16th Century
Protestant
O Jehovah! how highly exalted are your works! The Psalmist, having spoken of the works of God in general, proceeds to speak more particula…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O Lord, how great are your works! &c.] Of nature, providence, and grace, both for quantity and for quality, for numb…
It is a privilege that we are admitted to praise the Lord, and hope to be accepted in the morning and every night; not only on Sabbath days, but ev…
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