12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

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14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(A) we hear of him!(B)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(C)

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14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders(A) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare(B) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many(C) to declare.

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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.

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17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](A) God!(B)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(C)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(D)
    when I awake,(E) I am still with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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One generation(A) commends your works to another;
    they tell(B) of your mighty acts.(C)
They speak of the glorious splendor(D) of your majesty—
    and I will meditate on your wonderful works.[a](E)
They tell(F) of the power of your awesome works—(G)
    and I will proclaim(H) your great deeds.(I)
They celebrate your abundant goodness(J)
    and joyfully sing(K) of your righteousness.(L)

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  1. Psalm 145:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Syriac (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text On the glorious splendor of your majesty / and on your wonderful works I will meditate

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

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12 Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them.

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body.(A)

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12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)

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  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the

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!

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18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened(A) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called(B) you, the riches(C) of his glorious inheritance(D) in his holy people,(E) 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power(F) is the same as the mighty strength(G) 20 he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead(H) and seated him at his right hand(I) in the heavenly realms,(J) 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion,(K) and every name(L) that is invoked, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.(M)

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18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

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