Psalms 111:2 Cross References - ISV

² Great are the acts of the LORD; they are within reach of all who desire them.

⁹ He is always doing great things that cannot be explained, countless awesome deeds.

¹⁰ He does great things that cannot be explained, and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

¹² By his power he disturbs the sea; and with his skill he shatters the sea monster. ¹³ he clears the skies with his wind; his hands have pierced the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴ Indeed, these are the fringes of his ways, and how faint is the whisper we’ve heard of it! But who can comprehend the thunder of his might?”

⁷ “He puts a limit to the skill of every person; to delineate all people from what they do.

¹ The LORD Speaks to JobThe LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said: ² “Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he’s talking about? ³ Stand up like a man! I’ll ask you some questions, and you give me some answers!”
⁴ On the Natural World“Where were you when I laid the foundation of my earth? Tell me, since you’re so informed! ⁵ Who set its measurement? Am I to assume you know? Who stretched a boundary line over it? ⁶ On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone ⁷ while the morning stars sang together and all the divine beings shouted joyfully? ⁸ “Who enclosed the sea with limits when it gushed out of the womb, ⁹ when I made clouds to be its clothes and thick darkness its swaddling blanket, ¹⁰ when I proscribed a boundary for it, set in place bars and doors for it; ¹¹ and said, ‘You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.’? ¹² “Have you ever commanded the morning at any time during your life? Do you know where the dawn lives, ¹³ where it seizes the edge of the earth and shakes the wicked out of it? ¹⁴ Like clay is molded by a signet ring, the earth’s hills and valleys then stand out like the colors of a garment. ¹⁵ Then from the wicked their light is withheld and their upraised arm is broken. ¹⁶ “Have you been to the source of the sea and walked about in the recesses of the deepest ocean? ¹⁷ Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness? ¹⁸ Do you understand the breadth of the earth? Tell me, since you know it all! ¹⁹ “Where is the road to where the light lives? Or where does the darkness live? ²⁰ Can you take it to its homeland, since you know the path to his house? ²¹ You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great! ²² “Have you entered the storehouses of the snow or seen where the hail is stored, ²³ which I’ve reserved for the tribulation to come, for the day of battle and war? ²⁴ Where is the lightning diffused or the east wind scattered around the earth? ²⁵ “Who cuts canals for storm floods, and paths for the lightning and thunder, ²⁶ to bring rain upon a land without inhabitants, a desert in which no human beings live, ²⁷ to satisfy a desolate and devastated desert, causing it to sprout vegetation? ²⁸ “Does the rain have a father? Who fathered the dew? ²⁹ Whose womb brings forth the ice? Who gives birth to frost out of an empty sky, ³⁰ when water solidifies like stone and the surface of the deepest sea freezes?
³¹ On the Heavens“Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the cords of Orion? ³² Can you bring out constellations in their season? Can you guide the Bear with her cubs? ³³ Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you regulate their authority over the earth? ³⁴ “Can you call out to the clouds, so that abundant water drenches you? ³⁵ Can you command the lightning, so that it goes forth and calls to you, ‘Look at us!’ ³⁶ “Who sets wisdom within you, or imbues your mind with understanding? ³⁷ Who has the wisdom to be able to count the clouds, or to empty the water jars of heaven, ³⁸ when dust dries into a mass and then breaks apart into clods?
³⁹ On the Animal World“Can you hunt prey for the lioness to satisfy young lions ⁴⁰ when they crouch in their dens and lie in ambush in their lairs? ⁴¹ Who prepares food for the raven, when its offspring cry out to God as they wander for lack of food?”

¹ On Leviathan “Can you draw Leviathan out of the water with a hook, or tie down his tongue with a rope? ² Can you attach a bridle to his snout, or pierce his jaw with a hook? ³ Will he make many supplications to you, or will he beg you for mercy? ⁴ Will he try to make a deal with you, so that you may take him in servitude forever? ⁵ “Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls? ⁶ Will your business be able to buy him, Will you divide him among your merchant friends? ⁷ Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances? ⁸ Lay your hand on him, and you’ll remember the struggle. You’ll never do that again! ⁹ “Look! Anyone’s hope to capture him will prove itself false; anyone would be terrified just by looking at him. ¹⁰ No one is fierce enough to dare to arouse him. “Who, then, can stand in my presence and face me? ¹¹ Who can take me to court and be reconciled to me? All of heaven is mine. ¹² “I won’t be silent concerning his limbs, his mighty strength, and orderly frame. ¹³ Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can approach him with a bridle? ¹⁴ Who dares to open his mouth, since it is ringed with his terrible teeth! ¹⁵ His protective scales are his pride, they lie sealed tightly together. ¹⁶ Each one is so close to the other that not even air comes in between them. ¹⁷ Each is attached to the other, grasping each other so they cannot be separated. ¹⁸ “His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn. ¹⁹ Flames blaze from his mouth; streams of sparking fire fly out. ²⁰ Smoke billows from his nostrils; like a boiling pot or burning reeds. ²¹ His breath can ignite coal; and flames proceed from his mouth. ²² “His neck is so powerful that all who meet him are terrified. ²³ There is no flaw in his body’s armor; it is firmly fixed on him and unbreachable. ²⁴ His heart is as strong as stone, it is as hard as a lower millstone. ²⁵ When he rears up, the mighty are terrified; they are bewildered as he thrashes about. ²⁶ “Thrusting at him with a sword won’t be effective, nor will spears, darts, or javelins. ²⁷ He regards iron like straw, and hardened bronze like a dead tree. ²⁸ Arrows won’t make him flee; stones from a sling are only pebbles to him. ²⁹ Clubs are like twigs; he laughs at the whoosh of the javelin. ³⁰ “Beneath him he is armored as with sharp potsherds; he tears through muddy ground like a threshing sledge through grain. ³¹ He causes the deep to boil like water in a pot, and churns the sea like one stirs ointment. ³² The sea is luminescent behind him; his wake turns the sea white, like those with gray hair. ³³ “There’s nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear. ³⁴ He looks down on everything that is high; he rules over every kind of pride.”

¹¹ I will remember the LORD’S deeds; indeed, I will remember your awesome deeds from long ago. ¹² As I meditate on all your works, I will consider your awesome deeds.

⁴ Because you made me glad with your awesome deeds, LORD, I will sing for joy at the works of your hands. ⁵ How great are your works, LORD! Your thoughts are unfathomable.

²⁴ How numerous are your works, LORD! You have made them all wisely; the earth is filled with your creations.

³⁴ May my thoughts be pleasing to him; indeed, I will rejoice in the LORD!

⁴³ Let whoever is wise observe these things, that they may comprehend the gracious love of the LORD.

¹⁴ I praise you, because you are fearful and wondrous! Your work is wonderful, and I am fully aware of it.

⁵ I remember the former times, meditating on everything you have done. I think about the work of your hands.

¹⁶ What is this? A fool has enough money to buy wisdom, but is senseless?

¹ How Fools Talk Whoever isolates himself pursues selfish ends; he resists all sound advice. ² A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.

¹⁴ Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won’t be cut short.

¹¹ He made everything appropriate in its time. He also placed eternity within them—yet, no person can fully comprehend what God is doing from beginning to end.

¹² Who is Like the LORD?“Who has measured the waters of the sea in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens by the width of his hand? Who has enclosed the dust of the earth in a measuring bowl, or weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

¹⁷ ‘LORD! Look, you made the heavens and the earth with your great power and your outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for you! ¹⁸ You, the great God, the mighty one, show gracious love to thousands and repay the parents’ iniquity to their children after them. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name. ¹⁹ You are great in regards to your purposes and mighty in regards to your works. Your eyes are open to everything that people do, and will reward each one according to their ways and just as their actions deserve.

³ How great are his signs!How powerful are his wonders!His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and his dominion lasts from generation to generation.

²⁸ Furthermore, because they did not think it worthwhile to keep knowing God fully, God delivered them to degraded minds to perform acts that should not be done.

⁶ To focus our minds on the human nature leads to death, but to focus our minds on the Spirit leads to life and peace.

¹⁹ and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

⁷ so that in the coming ages he might display the limitless riches of his grace that comes to us through his kindness in the Messiah Jesus. ⁸ For by such grace you have been saved through faith. This does not come from you; it is the gift of God ⁹ and not the result of actions, to put a stop to all boasting. ¹⁰ For we are God’s masterpiece, created in the Messiah Jesus to perform good actions that God prepared long ago to be our way of life.

¹⁰ Even the prophets, who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours, carefully researched and investigated this salvation. ¹¹ They tried to find out what era or specific time the Spirit of the Messiah in them kept referring to when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. ¹² It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you in regard to the things that have now been announced to you by those who brought you the good news through the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. These are things that even the angels desire to look into.

³ They sang the song of God’s servant Moses and the song of the lamb: “Your deeds are both spectacular and amazing, Lord God Almighty. Your ways are just and true, King of the nations.