Psalms Chapter 147 verse 4 Holy Bible
He counteth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by `their' names.
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He sees the number of the stars; he gives them all their names.
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He counteth the number of the stars; he giveth names to them all.
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
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He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names.
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Appointing the number of the stars, To all them He giveth names.
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Psalms 147 : 4 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - He telleth the number of the stars. Nothing escapes God's knowledge. He knew the number of the exiles, and the place and name of each, just as he knows the number of the stars and their names (comp. Isaiah 40:26). He calleth them all by their names (see Job 9:9; Isaiah l.s.c.).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Stars.--This proof of God's power to help, by reference to the stars of heaven, which are beyond man's power to count, much more to name, but which the Almighty both numbers and names, seems rather abruptly introduced, but the train of thought is clear. To assemble the dispersed of Israel, however numerous and scattered, was easy to the ruler of the hosts of heaven. The original promise to Abraham was, of course, in the poet's mind, but still more Isaiah 40:26-28, from which the expression may have been taken. The dramatic "Lift your eyes on high and behold" supplies the link needed in the abrupt entrance of the thought of the psalm.