1 And I answered and said: Who can understand, O Lord, Thy goodness? For it is incomprehensible. (2BA) 2 Or who can search into thy compassions, Which are infinite? (2BA) 3 Or who can comprehend Thy intelligence? (2BA)
2 Baruch 75:1–3
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2 Baruch 14:8–10
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2 Baruch 54:11–13
11 For I will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvellous deeds. (2BA) 12 For who doeth like unto Thy marvellous deeds, O God, Or who comprehendeth Thy deep thought of life. (2BA) 13 For with Thy counsel Thou dost govern all… (2BA)
Sirach 16:19–21
19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together are shaken with trembling when he looks at them. (WEB) 20 No heart will think about these things. Who could comprehend his ways? (WEB) 21 Like a tempest which no man can see, so, the majority of his works are hidden. (WEB)
2 Esdras 5:37–39
37 Open for me the chambers that are closed, and bring out the winds for me that are shut up in them. Or show me the image of a voice. Then I will declare to you the travail that you asked to see.” (WEB) 38 And I said, “O sovereign Lord, who may know these things except h… (WEB)
Sirach 18:4–6
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Sirach 1:2–4
2 Who can count the sand of the seas, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity? (WEB) 3 Who will search out the height of the sky, the breadth of the earth, the deep, and wisdom? (WEB) 4 Wisdom has been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlas… (WEB)
Job 11:6–8
6 and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves. 7 Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? 8 They are higher than the heavens—what ca…
Psalms 92:4–6
4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands. 5 How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts! 6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
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