Psalms 104:24
O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Study Note
Study Note
'O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches' — the great creation psalm reaches its doxological center with a sweeping affirmation of divine wisdom as the organizing principle of creation's complexity. The word 'manifold' (rabbu) and 'wisdom' (chokhmâh) connect this verse to both Proverbs 8:22–31 (Wisdom as the master craftsman beside God at creation) and John 1:1–3 (the Logos through whom all things were made). The 'riches' (kinyanim — acquisitions/possessions) frames creation as God's own property, undergirding the theological principle of Psalm 24:1 that 'the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof.'
Other Translations
O Jehovah, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches.
How many have been Thy works, O Jehovah, All of them in wisdom Thou hast made, Full is the earth of thy possessions.
O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
Cross References
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Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, …
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: …