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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Psalms 147:5

Verse Psalms 147:5. His understanding is infinite.] To his intelligence there is no number: though he numbers the stars, his understanding is without number. It is infinite; therefore, he can know, as he can do, all things.

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See also Psalms 147:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GREAT IS OUR LORD - See the notes at Psalms 48:1. AND OF GREAT POWER - This seems to be added, as in Isaiah 40:28, in view of the power required in making the heavens, and in guiding and numbering the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    CXLVII. The LXX, perhaps rightly, divides the Ps. into two, Psalms 147:1 and Psalms 147:12. PSALMS 147:1. An invitation to praise Yahweh for His almighty power and His kindness to Israel. Observe how...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OUR LORD. Hebrew. _'Adonim._ App-4. Compare Psalms 135:5. OF GREAT POWER. abounding in power. Compare Isaiah 40:26....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Praise Jehovah, the restorer of Israel, the sovereign ruler of the world....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    An imitation of Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 40:28. Jehovah's omniscience and omnipotence are partly a ground for praise, partly an encouragement to trust Him. Cp. Psalms 146:6. He who knows each separate sta...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Great_is _our Lord, and_abundant _in power_ The language is borrowed from Isaiah 40:26. _his understanding_is _infinite_ Lit. _to his understanding there is no number_, it is incalculable. _Number_is...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 746 THE POWER AND WISDOM OF GOD Psalms 147:5. _Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. The Lord lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 147 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Praise for the Restoration of Jerusalem and for Israel's Preeminence: with Grateful Recognition of Rain and of Spring. ANALYSIS After the Repetition and Expansion of th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. GREAT IS OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER: HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE - literally, 'there is no number,' i:e., measure, 'of his...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A song of praise in which the Psalmist recounts God's mercies (1) in restoring Jerusalem, (2) in helping those cast down, (3) in caring for the animal world, and (4) in the changing seasons....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD’S LOVE AND *POWER PSALMS 147 THE 2ND *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said, "If God makes the grass green (so that it looks right), how much more will

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    OF GREAT POWER. — Literally, _abounding in power._ INFINITE. — Literally, _without number._ (See Note, Psalms 145:3, and Isaiah 40:28; that prophetic passage being still in the poet’s mind, though th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גָּדֹ֣ול אֲדֹונֵ֣ינוּ וְ רַב ־כֹּ֑חַ לִ֝ תְבו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 147:1 THE threefold calls to praise Jehovah (Psalms 147:1, Psalms 147:7, Psalms 147:12) divide this psalm into three parts, the two fo

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      WHY WE PRAISE THE LORD Psalms 147:1-11 It has been supposed that this psalm was prepared for use when the new walls of the city were completed in the days of Nehemiah. It contains a further enumer...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this psalm, beginning with a call which declares the pleasantness and comeliness of praise (v. Psa 147:1), the singer first celebrates the Divine activity in restoring His people (vv. Psa 147:2-6)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    or Hebrew Psalm cxlvii. Ver. 16. Like wool. Because it is white, and light, and covereth the earth as a fleece, which keeps it warm, and makes it fruitful. On which account also, in the following word...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I do not think it needful to go over the several things here mentioned. If Jesus doth thus order, arrange, direct, and bless his church, and take delight in those that hope in his mercy; what can be m...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _GOD’S BUILDING_ ‘The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; He c...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In Psalms 147 the saints take their place now in Jerusalem and Zion to say what He is. He is their God; He builds up Jerusalem and gathers together the outcasts of Israel, healing the broken in heart...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    GREAT [IS] OUR LORD, AND OF GREAT POWER,.... "Our Lord" is our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of the whole earth; the Lord of his own people by creation, by redemption, by marriage, and by the conquest o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Great [is] our Lord, and of great power: his understanding [is] infinite. Ver. 5. _His understanding is infinite_] Heb. of his understanding there is no number; for he knows not only the kinds and so...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Great is our Lord, and of great power_ “This is a proper conclusion, drawn from the former part of the Psalm, and especially from the preceding verse. The greatness of God's power, which overcometh a...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF ZION. A Hallelujah Psalm, setting forth God's providential care toward all creatures, but especially toward His people, His holy congregation....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Great is our Lord and of great power, fully able to help and to save, no matter how severe the difficulties may seem; HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE, His wisdom can be defined by human beings neither i...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HIS UNDERSTANDING IS INFINITE: _ Heb._ of his understanding there is no number...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Praising God is work that is its own wages. It is comely; it becomes us as reasonable creatures, much more as people in covenant with God. He gathers outcast sinners by his grace, and will bring...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 147:5 Great H1419 Lord H113 mighty H7227 power H3581 understanding H8394 infinite H4557 Great -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:2 The text reveals the constructive side of Divine government: I. As shown in the building up of the Church. That He should do so shows: (1) that the Church is self-demolished; (2) that i...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This is one of the Hallelujah Psalms; it begins and ends with «Praise ye the LORD.» May our hearts be in tune, that we may praise the Lord while we read these words of praise! Psalms 147:1. _Praise y...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD:_ This Psalm begins and ends with Hallelujah. So may this service, and so may our lives, commence and conclude with Hallelujah! Psalms 147:1. For it is good to sing...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant;_ Ye that know him, ye that love him, «praise ye the Lord.» «It is good: «it is right, it is accepta...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    This Book of Psalms ends its golden stream in a cataract of praise. The last Psalms are Hallelujah Psalms; this one begins and ends, as several others do, with «Hallelujah.» Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 147:1. _Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely._ «It is good,» that is to say, it is a thing that ought to be done, it is a r...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A call to praise God. The greatness and condescending goodness of the Lord celebrated. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Praise is comely it becomes us as reasonable creatures on account of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This psalm, like the preseding, is without title in the Hebrew or Chaldee; but is ascribed by the Versions to Haggai and Zechariah. REFLECTIONS. The people are here exhorted to praise God for all th...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Praise ye the Lord._ GENUINE WORSHIP: - I. The transcendent excellence of true worship (verse 1). 1. It is good. (1) It accords with the constitution of the human soul. (2) It accords with the D...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The Lord doth build up Jerusalem._ THE GREATNESS AND GENTLENESS OF GOD The text reveals the constructive side of the Divine government. I. As shown in the building of the Church. 1. “The Lord dot...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 147:1. Here the praise is focused on gratitude for some great work of “building up Jerusalem” (or rebuilding it after the exile), and for the Creator who sustains his creati...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “Like the last Psalm, and like those which follow it, this is evidently an anthem intended for the service of the Second Temple. It celebrates God’s almighty and gracious rule over His pe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This psalm is generally assigned to the time of the dedication of the city wall (Nehemiah 12:27-16), when the gate-towers had been set up, and the gates and bars put in their places (see Ps...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Praise ye the LORD [or hallelujah]: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; it's pleasant; praise is comely [or desirable, beautiful]. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the ou...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:25; Isaiah 40:28; Jeremiah 10:6; Jeremiah 32:17;...

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