Psalms 92:5
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How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
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It is a groundless opinion of some of the Jewish writers (who are usually free of their conjectures) that this psalm was penned and sung by Adam in innocency, on the first sabbath. It is inconsistent with the psalm itself, which speaks of the workers of iniquity, when as yet sin had not entered. It is probable that it was penned by David, and, being calculated for the sabbath day, I. Praise, the business of the sabbath, is here recommended (Psa 92:1-3). II. God's works, which gave occasion for the sabbath, are here celebrated as great and unsearchable in general (Psa 92:4-6). In particular, with reference to the works both of providence and redemption, the psalmist sings unto God both of mercy and judgment, the ruin of sinners and the joy of saints, three times counterchanged. 1. The wicked shall perish (Psa 92:7), but God is eternal (Psa 92:8). 2. God's enemies shall be cut off, but David shall be exalted (Psa 92:9, Psa 92:10). 3. David's enemies shall be confounded (Psa 92:11), but all the righteous shall be fruitful and flourishing (Psa 92:12-15). In singing this psalm we must take pleasure in giving to God the glory due to his name, and triumph in his works. A psalm or song for the sabbath day.
Open source ↗92:5-6 The Lord’s thoughts do not make sense to the simpleton or the fool, the immoral person who desires no wisdom (Prov 1:22; 10:23).
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Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.
and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
This also comes from the LORD of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
What exists is out of reach and very deep. Who can fathom it?