Psalms 40:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי הַגֶּ֗בֶר אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֣ם יְ֭הֹוָה מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְֽלֹא־פָנָ֥ה אֶל־רְ֝הָבִ֗ים וְשָׂטֵ֥י כָזָֽב

Transliteration

ʾAšrê the geber who sām YHWH his mibṭaḥô, wəlōʾ-pānâ to rəhābîm wəśāṭê kāzāb

Grammar Details

*ʾAšrê*: masculine plural construct noun - 'blessed/happy is'
*geber*: masculine singular noun with definite article - 'the man/strong man'
*sām*: Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'has made/placed'
*YHWH*: proper divine name
*mibṭaḥô*: masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular possessive suffix - 'his trust'
*wəlōʾ-pānâ*: negation with conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - 'and has not turned'
*rəhābîm*: masculine plural noun - 'proud/arrogant ones'
*wəśāṭê kāzāb*: masculine plural construct participle with conjunction + masculine singular noun - 'and those turning aside to falsehood'

Word Meanings

*ʾAšrê*: blessed/happy/fortunate
*geber*: man/strong man/warrior/mighty one
*mibṭaḥô*: his trust/his confidence/his security
*rəhābîm*: proud ones/arrogant ones/the boastful/Rahab (as type of pride)
*wəśāṭê kāzāb*: those turning aside to falsehood/those who turn to lies/apostates of falsehood

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, [And] of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers [thereof].
Ps 139:17-18 : 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
Jer 29:11 : 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
Ps 136:4 : 4 To him who alone doeth great wonders; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:
Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Job 5:9 : 9 Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:
Ps 92:5 : 5 How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.
Ps 139:6 : 6 [ Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Job 9:10 : 10 That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.
Job 26:14 : 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
Job 37:19-20 : 19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness. 20 Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

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