Psalms 111:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

The workes of the Lord are great, and ought to be sought out of al them that loue them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גְּ֭דֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

Gədōlîm ma'ăśê YHWH dərûšîm to-all-ḥepṣêhem

Grammar Details

• *Gədōlîm*: adjective, masculine, plural - great/large
• *ma'ăśê*: noun, masculine, plural construct - works/deeds of
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *dərûšîm*: passive participle, masculine plural - sought out/investigated
• *ḥepṣêhem*: noun, masculine, plural construct with 3rd person plural suffix - their desires/delights

Word Meanings

• *Gədōlîm*: great/large/magnificent/powerful
• *ma'ăśê*: works/deeds/actions/accomplishments
• *dərûšîm*: sought out/investigated/studied/examined
• *ḥepṣêhem*: their desires/delights/pleasures/wishes

Referenced Verses

• Ps 104:24 : 24 O Lord, howe manifolde are thy workes! in wisdome hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
• Ps 143:5 : 5 Yet doe I remember the time past: I meditate in all thy workes, yea, I doe meditate in the workes of thine hands.
• Ps 139:14 : 14 I will praise thee, for I am fearefully and wonderously made: marueilous are thy workes, and my soule knoweth it well.
• Prov 24:14 : 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
• Eccl 3:11 : 11 He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end.
• Isa 40:12 : 12 Who hath measured the waters in his fist? and counted heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? and weighed ye mountaines in a weight, and the hilles in a balance?
• Jer 32:17-19 : 17 Ah Lord God, beholde, thou hast made the heauen and the earth by thy great power, and by thy stretched out arme, & there is nothing hard vnto thee. 18 Thou shewest mercie vnto thousands, and recompensest the iniquitie of the fathers into the bosome of their children after them: O God the great & mightie, whose Name is ye Lord of hostes, 19 Great in counsell, & mightie in worke, (for thine eyes are open vpon all the wayes of ye sonnes of men, to giue to euery one according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes)
• Dan 4:3 : 3 (3:33) How great are his signes, and how mightie are his wonders! his kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Rom 1:28 : 28 For as they regarded not to acknowledge God, euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a reprobate minde, to doe those things which are not conuenient,
• Rom 8:6 : 6 For the wisedome of the flesh is death: but the wisedome of the Spirit is life and peace,
• Eph 1:19 : 19 And what is the exceeding greatnesse of his power toward vs, which beleeue, according to the working of his mightie power,
• Eph 2:7-9 : 7 That he might shewe in the ages to come the exceeding riches of his grace, through his kindnesse toward vs in Christ Iesus. 8 For by grace are ye saued through faith, and that not of your selues: it is the gift of God, 9 Not of workes, least any man should boast himselfe. 10 For we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good workes, which God hath ordeined, that we should walke in them.
• 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Of the which saluation ye Prophets haue inquired and searched, which prophecied of the grace that should come vnto you, 11 Searching when or what time the Spirite which testified before of Christ which was in them, shoulde declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ, and the glorie that shoulde followe. 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 And they sung the song of Moses the seruant of God, & the song of the Lambe, saying, Great and marueilous are thy workes, Lord God almightie: iust and true are thy wayes, King of Saints.
• Job 5:9 : 9 Which doeth great things and vnsearchable, and marueilous things without nomber.
• Job 9:10 : 10 He doeth great things, and vnsearcheable: yea, marueilous things without nomber.
• Job 26:12-14 : 12 The sea is calme by his power, and by his vnderstanding he smiteth the pride thereof. 13 His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, & his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. 14 Loe, these are part of his wayes: but how litle a portion heare we of him? and who can vnderstand his fearefull power?
• Job 37:7 : 7 With the force thereof he shutteth vp euery man, that all men may knowe his worke.
• Job 38:1-9 : 1 Then answered the Lord vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth the counsell by wordes without knowledge? 3 Girde vp nowe thy loynes like a man: I will demande of thee & declare thou vnto me. 4 Where wast thou when I layd the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast vnderstanding, 5 Who hath layde the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line ouer it: 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof set: or who layed the corner stone thereof: 7 When the starres of the morning praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced: 8 Or who hath shut vp the Sea with doores, when it yssued and came foorth as out of the wombe: 9 When I made the cloudes as a couering thereof, and darkenesse as the swadeling bands thereof: 10 When I stablished my commandement vpon it, and set barres and doores, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no farther, and here shall it stay thy proude waues. 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy dayes? Hast thou caused the morning to knowe his place, 13 That it might take hold of the corners of the earth, and that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to facion, and all stand vp as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the hie arme shalbe broken. 16 Hast thou entred into the bottomes of the sea? Or hast thou walked to seeke out the depth? 17 Haue the gates of death bene opened vnto thee? Or hast thou seene the gates of the shadowe of death? 18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of the earth? Tell if thou knowest all this. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? And where is the place of darkenesse, 20 That thou shouldest receiue it in the boundes thereof, and that thou shouldest knowe the paths to the house thereof? 21 Knewest thou it, because thou wast then borne, and because the nomber of thy dayes is great? 22 Hast thou entred into the treasures of the snow? Or hast thou seene the treasures of ye haile, 23 Which I haue hid against the time of trouble, against the day of warre and battell? 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the East winde vpon the earth? 25 Who hath deuided the spowtes for the raine? Or the way for the lightning of ye thunders, 26 To cause it to raine on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernes where there is no man? 27 To fulfil the wilde and waste place, and to cause the bud of the herbe to spring forth? 28 Who is the father of the rayne? Or who hath begotten the droppes of the dewe? 29 Out of whose wombe came the yee? Who hath ingendred the frost of the heauen? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone: and the face of the depth is frosen. 31 Canst thou restraine the sweete influences of the Pleiades? Or loose the bandes of Orion? 32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? Canst thou also guide Arcturus with his sonnes? 33 Knowest thou the course of heauen, or canst thou set the rule thereof in the earth? 34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the cloudes that the aboundance of water may couer thee? 35 Canst thou sende the lightenings that they may walke, and say vnto thee, Loe, heere we are? 36 Who hath put wisedome in the reines? Or who hath giuen the heart vnderstanding? 37 Who can nomber cloudes by wisedome? Or who can cause to cease the bottels of heaue, 38 When the earth groweth into hardnesse, and the clottes are fast together? 39 (39:1) Wilt thou hunt the pray for the lyon? or fill the appetite of the lyons whelpes, 40 (39:2) When they couch in their places, and remaine in the couert to lye in waite? 41 (39:3) Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?
• Job 41:1-9 : 1 (40:20) Canst thou drawe out Liuiathan with an hooke, and with a line which thou shalt cast downe vnto his tongue? 2 (40:21) Canst thou cast an hooke into his nose? canst thou perce his iawes with an angle? 3 (40:22) Will he make many prayers vnto thee, or speake thee faire? 4 (40:23) Will hee make a couenant with thee? and wilt thou take him as a seruant for euer? 5 (40:24) Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bynd him for thy maydes? 6 (40:25) Shall the companions baket with him? shal they deuide him among the marchants? 7 (40:26) Canst thou fill the basket with his skinne? or the fishpanier with his head? 8 (40:27) Lay thine hand vpon him: remember the battel, and do no more so. 9 (40:28) Behold, his hope is in vaine: for shal not one perish euen at the sight of him? 10 (41:1) None is so fearce that dare stirre him vp. Who is he then that can stand before me? 11 (41:2) Who hath preuented mee that I shoulde make an ende? Al vnder heauen is mine. 12 (41:3) I will not keepe silence concerning his partes, nor his power nor his comely proportion. 13 (41:4) Who can discouer the face of his garmet? or who shall come to him with a double bridle? 14 (41:5) Who shall open the doores of his face? his teeth are fearefull ronnd about. 15 (41:6) The maiestie of his scales is like strog shields, and are sure sealed. 16 (41:7) One is set to another, that no winde can come betweene them. 17 (41:8) One is ioyned to another: they sticke together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 (41:9) His niesings make the light to shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19 (41:10) Out of his mouth go lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out. 20 (41:11) Out of his nostrels commeth out smoke, as out of a boyling pot or caldron. 21 (41:12) His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 (41:13) In his necke remayneth strength, & labour is reiected before his face. 23 (41:14) The members of his bodie are ioyned: they are strong in themselues, and cannot be mooued. 24 (41:15) His heart is as strong as a stone, & as hard as the nether milstone. 25 (41:16) The mightie are afrayd of his maiestie, and for feare they faint in themselues. 26 (41:17) When the sword doeth touch him, he will not rise vp, nor for the speare, dart nor habergeon. 27 (41:18) He esteemeth yron as strawe, and brasse as rotten wood. 28 (41:19) The archer canot make him flee: ye stones of the sling are turned into stubble vnto him: 29 (41:20) The dartes are counted as strawe: and hee laugheth at the shaking of the speare. 30 (41:21) Sharpe stones are vnder him, and he spreadeth sharpe things vpon the myre. 31 (41:22) He maketh the depth to boyle like a pot, and maketh the sea like a pot of oyntment. 32 (41:23) He maketh a path to shine after him: one would thinke the depth as an hoare head. 33 (41:24) In the earth there is none like him: hee is made without feare. 34 (41:25) He beholdeth al hie things: he is a King ouer all the children of pride.
• Ps 77:11-12 : 11 I remembred the workes of the Lorde: certainely I remembred thy wonders of olde. 12 I did also meditate all thy woorkes, and did deuise of thine actes, saying,
• Ps 92:4-5 : 4 For thou, Lord, hast made mee glad by thy workes, and I wil reioyce in the workes of thine handes. 5 O Lord, how glorious are thy workes! and thy thoughtes are very deepe.
• Prov 17:16 : 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?
• Prov 18:1-2 : 1 For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome. 2 A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.
• Ps 104:34 : 34 Let my wordes be acceptable vnto him: I will reioyce in the Lord.
• Ps 107:43 : 43 Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.