Psalm 147:5
New International Version
Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

New Living Translation
How great is our Lord! His power is absolute! His understanding is beyond comprehension!

English Standard Version
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

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

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

New King James Version
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

New American Standard Bible
Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.

NASB 1995
Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.

NASB 1977
Great is our Lord, and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite.

Legacy Standard Bible
Great is our Lord and abundant in power; His discernment is infinite.

Amplified Bible
Great is our [majestic and mighty] Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is inexhaustible [infinite, boundless].

Christian Standard Bible
Our Lord is great, vast in power; his understanding is infinite.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Our Lord is great, vast in power; His understanding is infinite.

American Standard Version
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Great is our Lord and he is strong in his power and there is no end to his understanding.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD is great and powerful! He understands everything.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number.

English Revised Version
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; his understanding is infinite.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Our Lord is great, and his power is great. There is no limit to his understanding.

Good News Translation
Great and mighty is our Lord; his wisdom cannot be measured.

International Standard Version
Our Lord is great, and rich in power; his understanding has no limitation.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding is infinite.

Literal Standard Version
Our Lord [is] great, and abundant in power, | There is no narration of His understanding.

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

New American Bible
Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure.

NET Bible
Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom.

New Revised Standard Version
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure.

New Heart English Bible
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

Webster's Bible Translation
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

World English Bible
Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.

Young's Literal Translation
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power, Of His understanding there is no narration.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
It is Good to Sing Praises
4He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. 5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit. 6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.…

Cross References
Psalm 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psalm 145:3
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

great

Psalm 48:1
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Psalm 96:4
For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 99:2
The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

his understanding is infinite.

Psalm 40:5
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.

Psalm 139:17,18
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! …

Isaiah 40:28
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Psalm 147
1. The prophet exhorts to praise God for his care of the church
4. His power and wisdom
6. His mercy
7. His providence
12. To praise him for his blessings upon the kingdom
15. For his power over the elements
19. And for his ordinances in the church














(5) Of great power.--Literally, abounding in power.

Infinite.--Literally, without number. (See Note, Psalm 145:3, and Isaiah 40:28; that prophetic passage being still in the poet's mind, though the expression is changed.)

Verse 5. - Great is our Lord, and of great power; or, "mighty in strength" (comp. Nahum 1:3). His understanding is infinite. He is at once omnipotent and omniscient.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Great
גָּד֣וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

[is] our Lord
אֲדוֹנֵ֣ינוּ (’ă·ḏō·w·nê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

and mighty
וְרַב־ (wə·raḇ-)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

in power;
כֹּ֑חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

His understanding
לִ֝תְבוּנָת֗וֹ (liṯ·ḇū·nā·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

has no
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

limit.
מִסְפָּֽר׃ (mis·pār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration


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