Psalms 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.

Ver. 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy works which thou hast done] Many and great, and all for them that trust in thee; who therefore must needs be blessed, as Psalms 40:4 .

And thy thoughts which are to us-ward] Thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give us an expected end, Jeremiah 29:11 .

They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee] No, nor yet out of order; and yet we must be reckoning and relating them as we are able, to God, and men, by speaking good of his name; and at this David was old excellent, as we say.

If I should declare and speak of them] By wholesale we must do it, though we cannot so well by retail; particulars also must be instanced, as Moses doth to Jethro, Exodus 18:7,8, and for that end catalogues must be kept. See one Judges 10:11,12 .