Here the psalmist elaborated on God’s praiseworthy actions. The writer sang because of the Lord’s deeds . . . great works, and profound . . . thoughts. Specifically he was thinking of God’s vindication of the righteous by His destroying senseless . . . evildoers who sprout like grass (cf. 90:5) and flourish for a short time (cf. Pss. 49; 73).
O Lord, how great are Your works!
How marvelous is it that we can directly address the Lord of the universe and He hears us? Those are not deaf ears. Because of the work of Christ - we can address him - enter His courts and speak and he hears us and is sympathetic to our speaking, small and futile as it is!
How truly great! How marvelous and unassailably great - without question! Man's greatness is either derived from you, a mirror of your own or creation's, or false, faked. But your greatness, O Lord is truly Great!
God’s acts and thoughts overwhelm us as we contemplate them. They draw us on to reverent fascination and humble devotion that exceeds our poor grasp.
There is no end to His works, only and endless variety to what He has done, a tapestry varied and colorful for the believer to look at and enjoy.
…Your thoughts are very deep.
That God has thoughts demonstrates that he is a being and not a force. Only a being can have thoughts, a force can only do or be. O God YOU think and are and act.
Lord, your thoughts are deep, often too deep for us! Too complex. Too detailed. They take too much into consideration and have too much to consider. They are godly thoughts. They are clean thoughts, pure thoughts. They look backward to consider that past and forward to take in the plans for the future.
O Lord your thoughts are too deep for us and we are glad that you are thinking them and not us! For they are they are the thoughts of God and not man!
The Lord’s plans are as profound as his doings are vast. Some people think but cannot work, and others are mere drudges working without thought; in the Eternal the conception and the execution go together. Providence is inexhaustible, and the divine decrees which originate it are inscrutable. Redemption is grand beyond conception, and the thoughts of love which planned it are infinite. Human beings are superficial, God is deep. We stand by the fathomless sea of divine wisdom, and exclaim with holy awe, “Oh the depth!”
A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.
Thank you Lord for the sense to both perceive and understand that your thoughts are not man's thoughts. What a great gift! What a fabulous treasure! I praise you Lord for the great gift of understanding and the great gift of be able to perceive what God has done for me and understand what it means as well and to know that t this something that not all men are aware of!
Don’t expect the natural man to understand the deep things of God. He can’t understand them, “because they are spiritual discerned” (1 Cor. 2:14). As far as divine realities are concerned, he is dull and stupid though he may be an intellectual giant as far as the world is concerned. He never comes to grip with the fact that fixed moral laws in the universe prescribe destruction for the wicked. Though he may seem to prosper for a while, still his success is as short-lived as grass. Just as sure as the Lord is enthroned forevermore, so surely will His enemies be scattered and perish.
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