Many thingsרַבּוֹתyou have done,עָשִׂיתָyou,אַתָּהYHWHיְהוָהmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיyour wondersנִפְלְאֹתֶיךָand your thoughtsוּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָtoward us;אֵלֵינוּthere is noneאֵיןto compareעֲרֹךְwith you;אֵלֶיךָwere I to declareאַגִּידָהand speak of them,וַאֲדַבֵּרָהthey are too manyעָצְמוּto count.מִסַּפֵּר
Psalms 40:5
Study it in the app“Many things you have done, you, YHWH my Elohim, your wonders and your thoughts toward us; there is none to compare with you; were I to declare and speak of them, they are too many to count.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 40:5, word by word
- Many thingsרַבּוֹתrabot
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- your wondersנִפְלְאֹתֶיniflote
wonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflote” appears- and your thoughtsמַחְשְׁבֹתֶיmachshvote
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machshvote” appears- to compareעֲרֹךְaroch
compare
To set out the facts of a case one by one, or place one thing beside another.
Where else “aroch” appears- were I to declareאַגִּידָהagida
declare
To announce what God does or will do.
Where else “agida” appears- and speak of themאֲדַבֵּרָהadabera
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adabera” appears- they are too manyעָצְמוּatsmu
be numerous
To be numerous beyond counting.
Where else “atsmu” appears- to countסַּפֵּרsaper
count
To number one by one in order to know how many there are.
Where else “saper” appears
The context
4Happy is the man who has made YHWH his trust, and has not turned to the arrogant or to those who go astray after a lie.
5 · This verse (above)
6Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; ears you have opened for me; burnt offering and sin offering you did not ask.