Psalms 92:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י שִׂמַּחְתַּ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה בְּפָעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖י יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲרַנֵּֽן׃

Transliteration

For śimmaḥtanî YHWH with pāʿŏlekā with maʿăśê yādeykā ʾărannēn.

Grammar Details

For: conjunction kî - for/because
*śimmaḥtanî*: Piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person common singular suffix - you have made me glad
*YHWH*: divine name - YHWH/LORD
with *pāʿŏlekā*: preposition bə + noun masculine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with your work
with *maʿăśê*: preposition bə + noun masculine plural construct - with works of
*yādeykā*: noun feminine dual construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hands
*ʾărannēn*: Piel imperfect 1st person common singular - I will sing for joy

Word Meanings

*śimmaḥtanî*: you have made me glad/you have caused me to rejoice
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*pāʿŏlekā*: your work/your deed/your action
*maʿăśê*: works/deeds/actions
*yādeykā*: your hands/your power
*ʾărannēn*: I will sing for joy/I will shout with joy/I will rejoice

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

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.
Ps 40:5 : 5 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.
Rom 11:33-34 : 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Ps 139:17 : 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
Ps 145:3-4 : 3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable. 4 One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.
Ps 111:2 : 2 The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
1 Cor 2:10 : 10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Eccl 7:24 : 24 That which is, is far off and exceeding deep; who can find it out?
Isa 28:29 : 29 This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.
Ps 66:3 : 3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ps 104:24 : 24 O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
Ps 36:6 : 6 Thy righteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are a great deep: O Jehovah, thou preservest man and beast.
Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
Ps 64:6 : 6 They search out iniquities; We have accomplished, [say they], a diligent search: And the inward thought and the heart of every one is deep.

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