Psalms 40:4

"Blessed be the man that maketh Jehovah his trust,

And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done,

And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:

They cannot be set in order unto thee;

If I would declare and speak of them,

They are more than can be numbered."

"Blessed be the man ..." (Psalms 40:4). This is a beatitude much like those that Jesus used in the Sermon on the Mount.

"Nor such as turn aside to lies" (Psalms 40:4). "This is the same as, `Those that turn aside to false gods.'"[11]

"Many ... are the wonderful works which thou hast made" (Psalms 40:5). The wonderful works of God are: (1) all of those things which are beyond the power of men to accomplish; (2) so complex that they cannot be set in order, meaning that they cannot be classified, or in any sense completely comprehended; and (3) they are innumerable, as stated in the last line of Psalms 40:5. "When we have said the most we can of the wonders of divine love to us, we must conclude with an `etc.,' or an `as such,' and adore the depths of that to which we can never find the bottom!"[12]