Psalm 147:5

Translations

Modern

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

Traditional

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Literal

Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; of His understanding there is no numbering!

Latin

Magnus Dominus noster, et magna virtus ejus, et sapientiæ ejus non est numerus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

Notes

Psalms 147:4–5

The Lord created the heavens.
He determines the number of the stars: God's people can feel secure knowing the Lord cares for every detail of his creation. He knows all that belongs to him.

Psalms 147:2–6

The psalmist remembers how the Lord restored Jerusalem and brought back his people who had suffered in exile.

Psalms 147:1–20

The psalmist calls for the Lord to be praised for restoring and blessing Zion, caring for the poor, displaying his power over nature, and revealing himself to his people.

Psalms 146:1–150:6

The Psalter ends with five hallelujah psalms, so named because each begins and ends with Praise the LORD! (Hebrew haleluyah).

Related verses

Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
Psalm 139:17–18
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
Psalm 96:4
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
Romans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Psalm 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
Psalm 48:1
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Jeremiah 32:17–19
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Jeremiah 10:6
There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
Psalm 99:2
Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
Revelation 15:3
…and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Glossary

Foreknowledge Hallel Music Psalms, Book of

Topics

Anthropomorphisms: Attributed to Deity: Understanding Clouds: Power and Wisdom of God Exhibited in Forming God: Infinite God: Knowledge of God: Power of God: Wisdom of God's Omniscience Having An Affair Omnipotence Omniscience Praise: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To The Wisdom of God: Infinite

Psalm 147:5

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