Psalms 40:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 71:15 : 15 My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.
  • Ps 139:17-18 : 17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them! 18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
  • Ps 136:4 : 4 To him who only does great wonders: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
  • Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? who is like you, in holy glory, to be praised with fear, doing wonders?
  • Job 5:9 : 9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:
  • Ps 92:5 : 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
  • Ps 139:6 : 6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.
  • Job 9:10 : 10 Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.
  • Job 26:14 : 14 See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 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 your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
  • Job 37:19-20 : 19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark. 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

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    4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.

    5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

  • Ps 139:17-18
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    17 How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

    18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

  • Ps 104:24
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    24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

  • Isa 25:1
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    1 O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.

  • Job 5:9
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    9 Who does great things outside our knowledge, wonders without number:

  • Ps 145:3-7
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    3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; his power may never be searched out.

    4 One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.

    5 My thoughts will be of the honour and glory of your rule, and of the wonder of your works.

    6 Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory.

    7 Their sayings will be full of the memory of all your mercy, and they will make songs of your righteousness.

  • Ps 145:10
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    10 All the works of your hands give praise to you, O Lord; and your saints give you blessing.

  • Ps 111:2
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    2 The works of the Lord are great, searched out by all those who have delight in them.

  • Ps 71:19
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    19 Your righteousness, O God, is very high; you have done great things; O God, who is like you?

  • Job 9:10
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    10 Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.

  • Ps 106:2
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    2 Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?

  • Ps 77:11-12
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    11 I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.

    12 I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

  • 1 Chr 17:18-19
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    18 What more may David say to you? for you have knowledge of your servant.

    19 O Lord, because of your servant, and from your heart, you have done all these great things and let them be seen.

  • Ps 147:4-5
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    4 He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names.

    5 Great is our Lord, and great his power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

  • Ps 86:8
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    8 There is no god like you, O Lord; there are no works like your works.

  • Ps 9:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker on Muthlabben. A Psalm. Of David.> I will give you praise, O Lord, with all my heart; I will make clear all the wonder of your works.

  • Ps 105:2
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    2 Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

  • Ps 111:4
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    4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.

  • Ps 139:6
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    6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

  • Ps 139:14
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    14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

  • Ps 26:7
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    7 That I may give out the voice of praise, and make public all the wonders which you have done.

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    19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

  • Ps 40:3-4
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    3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

    4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

  • Isa 40:26
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    26 Let your eyes be lifted up on high, and see: who has made these? He who sends out their numbered army: who has knowledge of all their names: by whose great strength, because he is strong in power, all of them are in their places.

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  • Deut 3:24
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    24 O Lord God, you have now for the first time let your servant see your great power and the strength of your hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth able to do such great works and such acts of power?

  • Ps 71:17
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    17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

  • Ps 143:5
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    5 I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.

  • Ps 105:5
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    5 Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

  • 1 Chr 16:9
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    9 Let your voice be sounded in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.

  • Jer 32:19
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    19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

  • 2 Sam 7:21
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    21 Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

  • Ps 8:3
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    3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

  • Ps 71:15
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    15 My mouth will make clear your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for they are more than may be measured.

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    21 Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!

  • Ps 86:10
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    10 For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.

  • Jer 10:6
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    6 There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power.

  • Ps 104:1
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    1 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are robed with honour and power.

  • Ps 56:12
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    12 I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.