Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
BSB
ASV
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
KJV
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
HOMILY ON THE WORDS 'GIVE HEED TO THYSELF.' (379)
And so, when you have gone over all these points with suitable reflections on each, when you have, in addition, studied the process of breathing, the manner in which the heart conserves its warmth, the organs of digestion and the veins, you will discern in all of these wonders the inscrutable wisdom of the Creator; so that you will be able to say with the prophet: "Your knowledge is become wonderful" from the study of myself. "Give heed, therefore, to yourself," that you may give heed to God, to whom be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me. I cannot grasp it. I can hardly endure to think of it. The theme overwhelms me. I am amazed and astounded at it. Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension, but even my imagination. It is high, I cannot attain unto it. Mount as I may, this truth is too lofty for my mind. It seems to be always above me, even when I soar into the loftiest regions of spiritual thought. Is it not so with every attribute of God?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
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How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
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Psalms 40:5Many, 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…
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For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
