Psalms 104:24

King James Version 1611 (Original)

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מָֽה־רַבּ֬וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה כֻּ֭לָּם בְּחָכְמָ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ קִנְיָנֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

māh-rabbû maʿaśeykā YHWH kullām bĕḥokmāh ʿāśîtā mālĕʾāh hāʾāreṣ qinyānekā

Grammar Details

• *māh*: interrogative - how
• *rabbû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural - they are many
• *maʿaśeykā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your works
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *kullām*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - all of them
• *bĕḥokmāh*: preposition *bě* + noun, feminine singular - in wisdom
• *ʿāśîtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you made
• *mālĕʾāh*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it is full
• *hāʾāreṣ*: definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth
• *qinyānekā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your possessions

Word Meanings

• *māh*-*rabbû*: how many, how numerous, how abundant
• *maʿaśeykā*: your works, your deeds, your creations
• *kullām*: all of them, every one of them
• *ḥokmāh*: wisdom, skill, expertise
• *ʿāśîtā*: made, did, created, fashioned
• *mālĕʾāh*: is full, is filled, is abundant with
• *hāʾāreṣ*: the earth, the land, the world
• *qinyānekā*: your possessions, your creatures, your acquisitions

Referenced Verses

• Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, 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.
• Jer 10:12 : 12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
• Rom 11:33 : 33 O 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 1:8 : 8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
• Eph 3:10 : 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
• Ps 107:31 : 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
• Ps 136:5 : 5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Prov 8:22-36 : 22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; 31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. 32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. 33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. 34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. 35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
• Ps 50:10-12 : 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
• Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
• Job 5:9 : 9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
• Ps 8:3 : 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
• Ps 24:1 : 1 The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
• Ps 65:11 : 11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
• Gen 1:11-12 : 11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Gen 1:24-25 : 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
• Prov 3:19-20 : 19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;