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I Will Exalt You, My God and King

Psalms 145:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
KJV
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.and his…: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search
WEB
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
ASV
Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.
LSV
YHWH [is] great, and greatly praised, || And there is no searching of His greatness.
YLT
Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, And of His greatness there is no searching.
DBY
Great is Jehovah, and exceedingly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.
DRC144:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.
GNV
Great is the Lord, and most worthy to be praysed, and his greatnes is incomprehensible.
JPS
Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.
LXXE144:3
The Lord is great, and greatly to be praised; and there is no end of his greatness.

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Original-language editions

WLC
גָּ֘ד֤וֹל יְהוָ֣ה וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝לִגְדֻלָּת֗וֹ אֵ֣ין חֵֽקֶר׃
LXX-Br144:3
Μέγας ὁ Κύριος καὶ αἰνετὸς σφόδρα, καὶ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστι πέρας.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
  • Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Job 5:9the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
  • Isaiah 40:28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
  • Psalms 139:6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
  • Job 9:10He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.
  • Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
  • Psalms 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
  • Job 26:14Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
  • Revelation 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
  • Job 11:7–9Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and…

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