33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts.
Doing great things, and there is no searching. Wonderful, till there is no numbering.
that their hearts may be comforted, being united in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of the understanding, to the full knowledge of the secret of the God and Father, and of the Christ, in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,
that there might be made known now to the principalities and the authorities in the heavenly `places', through the assembly, the manifold wisdom of God,
The Mighty! we have not found Him out, High in power and judgment, He doth not answer! And abundant in righteousness,
to me -- the less than the least of all the saints -- was given this grace, among the nations to proclaim good news -- the untraceable riches of the Christ,
Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.
Thy righteousness `is' as mountains of God, Thy judgments `are' a great deep. Man and beast Thou savest, O Jehovah.
to whom God did will to make known what `is' the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,
that He may give to you, according to the riches of His glory, with might to be strengthened through His Spirit, in regard to the inner man,
and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of kindness, that He before prepared for glory, whom also He did call -- us --
and all who are dwelling on the earth as nothing are reckoned, and according to his will He is doing among the forces of the heavens and those dwelling on the earth, and there is none that doth clap with his hand, and saith to Him, What hast Thou done?
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- `are' unsearchable.
They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. For He hath satisfied a longing soul, And a hungry soul hath filled `with' goodness. Inhabitants of dark places and death-shade, Prisoners of affliction and of iron, Because they changed the saying of God, And the counsel of the Most High despised. And He humbleth with labour their heart, They have been feeble, and there is no helper. And they cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them. He bringeth them out from the dark place, And death-shade, And their bands He draweth away. They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men. For He hath broken doors of brass, And bars of iron He hath cut. Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves. All food doth their soul abominate, And they come nigh unto the gates of death, And cry unto Jehovah in their adversity, From their distresses He saveth them, He sendeth His word and healeth them, And delivereth from their destructions. They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing. Those going down `to' the sea in ships, Doing business in many waters, They have seen the works of Jehovah, And His wonders in the deep. And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows, They go up `to' the heavens, they go down `to' the depths, Their soul in evil is melted. They reel to and fro, and move as a drunkard, And all their wisdom is swallowed up. And they cry to Jehovah in their adversity, And from their distresses He bringeth them out. He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. And they rejoice because they are quiet, And He leadeth them to the haven of their desire. They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men, And they exalt Him in the assembly of the people, And in the seat of the elders praise Him. He maketh rivers become a wilderness, And fountains of waters become dry land. A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants. He maketh a wilderness become a pool of water, And a dry land become fountains of waters. And He causeth the hungry to dwell there, And they prepare a city of habitation. And they sow fields, and plant vineyards, And they make fruits of increase. And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish. And they are diminished, and bow down, By restraint, evil, and sorrow. He is pouring contempt upon nobles, And causeth them to wander in vacancy -- no way. And setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock. The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth. Who `is' wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!
Let us know what we say to Him, We set not in array because of darkness.
Wherefore against Him hast thou striven, When `for' all His matters He answereth not?
Doing great things till there is no searching, And wonderful, till there is no numbering.
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Commentary on Romans 11 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 11
The apostle, having reconciled that great truth of the rejection of the Jews with the promise made unto the fathers, is, in this chapter, further labouring to mollify the harshness of it, and to reconcile it to the divine goodness in general. It might be said, "Hath God then cast away his people?' The apostles therefore sets himself, in this chapter, to make a reply to this objection, and that two ways:-
Rom 11:1-32
The apostle proposes here a plausible objection, which might be urged against the divine conduct in casting off the Jewish nation (v. 1): "Hath God cast away his people? Is the rejection total and final? Are they all abandoned to wrath and ruin, and that eternal? Is the extent of the sentence so large as to be without reserve, or the continuance of it so long as to be without repeal? Will he have no more a peculiar people to himself?' In opposition to this, he shows that there was a great deal of goodness and mercy expressed along with this seeming severity, particularly he insists upon three things:-
Rom 11:33-36
The apostle having insisted so largely, through the greatest part of this chapter, upon reconciling the rejection of the Jews with the divine goodness, he concludes here with the acknowledgment and admiration of the divine wisdom and sovereignty in all this. Here the apostle does with great affection and awe adore,