Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Parallel translations
- WEB Who can utter the mighty acts of Yahweh, or fully declare all his praise?
- BSB Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- NKJV Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? Who can declare all His praise?
- NASB Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the Lord, Or can proclaim all His praise?
- NLT Who can list the glorious miracles of the Lord? Who can ever praise him enough?
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Quick answer
No one can fully recount the LORD's mighty acts or declare all His praise. It matters because God's greatness exceeds all human telling.
Overview
The psalmist marvels that God's deeds are beyond complete description. This expresses humble worship in the face of God's infinite power and goodness. It invites believers to praise continually, knowing they can never exhaust the worthiness of the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Rom 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Eph 1:19And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
- Ps 139:17–18How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- Ps 145:3–12Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Neh 9:5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Job 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
- Job 26:14Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
- Ps 40:5Many, 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.
- Eph 3:18May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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