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Psalms 104:24

O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

KJV

Et auxit populum suum vehementer, et firmavit eum super inimicos ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ηὔξησεν τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ σφόδρα, καὶ ἐκραταίωσεν αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ.

LXX

O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.

ASV

מָֽה רַבּ֬וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֨י/ךָ יְֽהוָ֗ה כֻּ֭לָּ/ם בְּ/חָכְמָ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ֝/אָ֗רֶץ קִנְיָנֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
וֹ
v
noun · 10×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
מָלְאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 248×
רַבּ֖וּ
rbv
verb · 13×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§295We believe that God created the world according to his wisdom.141 It is not the product of any necessity whatever, nor of blind fate or chance. We believe that it proceeds from God's free will; he wanted to make his creatures share in his being, wisdom and goodness: "For you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."142 Therefore the Psalmist exclaims:…
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Chapter 1 It is not, my reverend Ambrosius, because we seek after many words — a thing which is forbidden, and in the indulgence of which it is impossible to avoid sin — that we now begin the fifth book of our reply to the treatise of Celsus, but with the endeavour, so far as may be within our power, to leave none of his statements without examination, and especially those in w…

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:11 — He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
  • Eccl 11:5 — As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
  • Eph 1:8 — Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
  • Eph 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Eph 3:10 — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:20 — And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
  • Gen 1:21 — And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
  • Gen 1:24 — And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
  • Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
  • Gen 1:31 — And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 10:12 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
  • Jer 51:15 — He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
  • Job 5:9 — Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
  • Job 37:12 — And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
  • Jude 1:25 — To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
  • Neh 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest t
  • Phil 4:19 — But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
  • Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Prov 3:19 — The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • Prov 8:12 — I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Prov 8:22 — The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
  • Ps 8:3 — When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  • Ps 8:9 — O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
  • Ps 24:1 — The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
  • Ps 28:5 — Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
  • Ps 33:5 — He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
  • Ps 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
  • Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Ps 65:13 — The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
  • Ps 92:5 — O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
  • Ps 107:31 — Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
  • Ps 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
  • Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 136:5 — To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 139:14 — I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
  • Rom 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!