Psalms 40:5

“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.”

Psalms 40:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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