King James Version
Psalms 92:5 in the King James Version says “O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 92 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.”
Psalms 92:5 · KJV
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. the harp: or, the solemn sound with the harp a solemn: Heb. Higgaion
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“how great”
H1431to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
“are thy works”
H4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
“are very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“and thy thoughts”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
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