PSA 40:5 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (PSA 39:6) Πολλὰ ἐποίησας σὺ Κύριε ὁ Θεός μου τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ τοῖς διαλογισμοῖς σου οὐκ ἔστι τίς ὁμοιωθήσεταί σοι· ἀπήγγειλα καὶ ἐλάλησα, ἐπληθύνθησαν ὑπὲρ ἀριθμόν.
(Polla epoiaʸsas su Kurie ho Theos mou ta thaumasia sou, kai tois dialogismois sou ouk esti tis homoiōthaʸsetai soi; apaʸngeila kai elalaʸsa, eplaʸthunthaʸsan huper arithmon.)

BrTr (PSA 39:6) O Lord my God, thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, and in thy thoughts there is none who shall be likened to thee: I declared and spoke of them: they exceeded number.

ULT Many, things you have done, you,
⇔ Yahweh my God,
⇔ your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us;
⇔ there is none to line up against you.
⇔ Should I declare and speak, them,
⇔ they are more than to recount.

UST Yahweh my God, you are the one who has done many wonderful things
⇔ and made great plans for us!
⇔ No one compares to you.
⇔ If I tried to tell others about all of those wonderful things,
⇔ there would be too many for me to mention.

BSB & MSB Many, O LORD my God,
⇔ are the wonders You have done,
⇔ and the plans You have for us—
⇔ none can compare to You—
⇔ if I proclaim and declare them,
⇔ they are more than [I] can count.

OEB With us you have wrought in rich measure,
⇔ O Lord our God,
⇔ your marvels and purposes for us –
⇔ none may compare with you –
⇔ were I to declare or to tell them,
⇔ past counting are they.

WEBBE & WMBB Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done,
⇔ and your thoughts which are towards us.
⇔ They can’t be declared back to you.
⇔ If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

NET O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things;
⇔ you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us.
⇔ No one can thwart you!
⇔ I want to declare them and talk about them,
⇔ but they are too numerous to recount!

LSV You have done much, my God YHWH; Your wonders and Your thoughts toward us,
There is none to arrange to You,
I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

FBV Lord my God, you have done so many wonderful things for us, and you have so many plans for us. No one compares to you. I want to tell all that you've done—blessings too many to count.

T4T O Yahweh, my God, you have done many wonderful things!
⇔ No one can list all the wonderful things that you have planned for us.
⇔ If I tried to tell others about all those wonderful things,
⇔ I would not be able to,
⇔ because there would be too many for me to mention.

LEB • Many things, O Yahweh my God, you have done—
• your wonderful deeds and your thoughts toward us.
• There is none to compare with you.
• If I tried to proclaim and tell of them,
• they would be too numerous to count.

BBE O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

Moff Eternal One, my God, richly hast thou worked out
⇔ thy wondrous purposes for us;
⇔ there is no one like thee!
⇔ Were I to tell them, to recount them,
⇔ they would pass all count.

JPS (PSA 40:6) (40-7) Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.

ASV Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,
⇔ And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
⇔ They cannot be set in order unto thee;
⇔ If I would declare and speak of them,
⇔ They are more than can be numbered.

DRA (PSA 39:6) Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

YLT Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

Drby Thou, O Jehovah my [fn]God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak [them], they are more than can be numbered.

40.5 Elohim

RV Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be set in order unto thee; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
(Many, Oh LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou/you hast done, and thy/your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be set in order unto thee/you; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.)

SLT Many the wonders thou didst, O Jehovah my God, and thy purposes to us: none shall set in order to thee: I will announce and speak, they were numerous above number.

Wbstr Many, O LORD, my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are toward us, they cannot be reckoned up in order to thee: if I would declare and speak of them , they are more than can be numbered.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Many, Oh LORD my God, are thy/your wonderful works which thou/you hast done, and thy/your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckon/counted/counted up in order unto thee/you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.)

40.5 they cannot…: or, none can order them unto thee

KJB-1611 Many, O LORD my God; are thy wonderfull workes which thou hast done, and thy thoughts, which are to vs ward: [fn]they cannot be reckoned vp in order vnto thee: if I would declare and speake of them, they are moe then can be numbred.
(Many, Oh LORD my God; are thy/your wonderful works which thou/you hast done, and thy/your thoughts, which are to us ward: they cannot be reckon/counted/counted up in order unto thee/you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more then can be numbered.)

40:5 Or, none can order them vnto thee.

Bshps Blessed is the man that hath set his hope in God: and turned not vnto the proude, and to such as decline to lyes.
(Blessed is the man that hath/has set his hope in God: and turned not unto the proud, and to such as decline to lies.)

Gnva O Lord my God, thou hast made thy wonderfull workes so many, that none can count in order to thee thy thoughts toward vs: I would declare, and speake of them, but they are moe then I am able to expresse.
(Oh Lord my God, thou/you hast made thy/your wonderful works so many, that none can count in order to thee/you thy/your thoughts toward us: I would declare, and speak of them, but they are more then I am able to express.)

Cvdl O LORDE my God, greate are yi wonderous workes which thou hast done: & in thy thoughtes towarde vs there maye none be lickened vnto the.
(Oh LORD my God, great are ye/you_all wondrous works which thou/you hast done: and in thy/your thoughts toward us there may none be likened unto them.)

Wycl (PSA 39:6) Mi Lord God, thou hast maad thi merueils manye; and in thi thouytis noon is, that is lijk thee. I teld, and Y spak; and thei ben multiplied aboue noumbre.
(My Lord God, thou/you hast made thy/your marvels manye; and in thy/your thoughts noon is, that is like thee/you. I teld, and I spake; and they been multiplied above number.)

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ClVg (PSA 39:6) Multa fecisti tu, Domine Deus meus, mirabilia tua; et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi. Annuntiavi et locutus sum: multiplicati sunt super numerum.[fn]
(Many you_did you(sg), Master God mine, wonderful_things your; and thoughts yours not/no it_is who/which similar be to_you. I_announced and spoke sum: multiplied are over the_number.)

39.6 Mirabilia tua. AUG. Petrum ambulare super aquas in signo, non in sæculo, id est, fructibus sæculi. AUG. Salus verax, insania mendax, non est quod putatur. HIER. Vana sunt terrena, insaniæ, iræ et rixæ, etc. Non est qui similis tibi. AUG. Nulli auctores artium. Annuntiavi. Hic Christus in capite et membris. Hæc sunt mira Dei, hæ cogitationes quibus nemo est similis. CASS. Ecce mirabilia: incarnatio, justitia prædicationis, liberatio hominum ab iniquitatibus, confusio inimicorum, lætitia sperantium. Primo, rudes et incompositi præparati sunt, ut verba Christi libenter susciperent. AUG. Vide mirabilia Dei. Annuntiavi prius per Prophetas, et post locutus egomet. Multiplicati sunt super numerum. HIER., AUG. Super numerum salvandorum: vel, super hoc quod aliquis enumerare possit: vel, me loquente plures quam olim crediderunt.

39.6 Wonderful_things your. AUG. Peter to_walk over aquas in/into/on sign/seal(v), not/no in/into/on forever, that it_is, fruits of_the_world/of_the_ages. AUG. Health/Safety truthful, madness/insanity liar, not/no it_is that it_is_supposed. HIER. Vain/Empty are earthly, madness/insanity, anger and quarrel, etc. Not/No it_is who/which similar to_you. AUG. None authors of_arts. I_announced. Here/This Christ/Messiah in/into/on head and members. These are wonderful of_God, these thoughts to_whom nobody/no_one it_is similar. CASS. Behold wonderful_things: incarnation, justice preaching, liberation of_men away iniquities, confusion of_enemies, joy hoping. At_first, rude and clumsy prepared are, as words of_Christ willingly they_would_undertake. AUG. See wonderful_things of_God. I_announced first/before through Prophets, and after spoke I. Multiplied are over the_number. HIER., AUG. Above/Over the_number to_be_saved: or, over this that someone to_enumerate can: or, me speaking many how formerly/once they_believed.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

רַבּ֤וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ אַתָּ֤ה ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ⁠י֮

many (Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God_of,my wonders_of,your and,plans_of,your to,us not compare to,you proclaim and,I_will_speak numerous for,recounting )

David is stating the pronoun you separately, even though the verb translated as you have done already includes this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that Yahweh is the one who performed these wonderful deeds. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here. Alternate translation: [For it is you, Yahweh my God, who has done many things]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַ⁠י֮

YHWH God_of,my

David is not using the possessive form my God to indicate that he possesses or controls Yahweh. Rather David is using these words to indicate that Yahweh is the God whom he worships. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, the God I worship]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ⁠מַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗י⁠ךָ אֵ֫לֵ֥י⁠נוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God_of,my wonders_of,your and,plans_of,your to,us not compare to,you proclaim and,I_will_speak numerous for,recounting )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of thoughts, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [and what you have planned for us]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵ֤ין ׀ עֲרֹ֬ךְ אֵלֶ֗י⁠ךָ

not compare to,you

The clause translated as there is none to line up against you could refer to: (1) anyone who might compare to Yahweh. Alternate translation: [there is no one to compare to you] or (2) all of the things that Yahweh has done, that cannot be listed. Alternate translation: [there is no way to enumerate them to you]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

עָ֝צְמ֗וּ מִ⁠סַּפֵּֽר

numerous (Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God_of,my wonders_of,your and,plans_of,your to,us not compare to,you proclaim and,I_will_speak numerous for,recounting )

David says they are more than to recount as an extreme statement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [there are too many to count]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

אַגִּ֥ידָה וַ⁠אֲדַבֵּ֑רָה

(Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God_of,my wonders_of,your and,plans_of,your to,us not compare to,you proclaim and,I_will_speak numerous for,recounting )

The terms declare and speak mean similar things. David is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [Should I be able to tell all about those deeds]

Note 7 topic: writing-pronouns

עָ֝צְמ֗וּ מִ⁠סַּפֵּֽר

The pronoun they refers to all Yahweh’s wonderful deeds and plans. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [all those wonderful deeds are more than can be recounted]

Parallel PSA 40:5