Psalms 40:5

“Many, O Lord my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, etc.] This is the “new song”, as Aben Ezra rightly observes, which is said in (<194003>Psalm 40:3), to be put in the mouth of the Messiah; who sometimes speaks in the plural number, being the representative of his people, and sometimes in the singular; for it is the same person that speaks here who is continued speaking in (<194006>Psalm 40:6), and following; and which are applied to Christ, (<581005>Hebrews 10:5); the “works” here said to be done, and to be “many” and “wonderful”, are not the creation of the world, the dividing of the sea, and feeding the people of Israel forty years in the wilderness, as Jarchi…”

“be reckoned up in order--(compare Psa 5:3; Psa 33:14; Isa 44:7), too many to be set forth regularly. This is but one instance of many. The use of the plural accords with the union of Christ and His people. In suffering and triumph, they are one with Him.”

“Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done - literally, “Many (things), O Lord my God, hast thou done; thy wonderful things and thy thoughts toward us, it is not (possible) to state unto thee.” The recollection of the particular kindness shown to the speaker, as referred to in the previous verses, suggests the recollection of the great number of wonders that God had done for his people - the acts of his kindness which it would be hopeless to attempt to recount before him. And who “could” enumerate and record all the acts of God’s benevolence toward men in the works of creation, providence, and redemption; all that he has done in the history of the Church, and for the…”

“Many - This verse seems to be interposed as a wall of partition, between that which David speaks in his own person, and that which he speaks in the person of the Messiah, in the following verses. Psalms 40:6”

“Many: Psa 136:4; Exo 11:8, Exo 15:11; Job 5:9, Job 9:10, Job 26:14 thoughts: Psa 71:15, Psa 92:5, Psa 139:6, Psa 139:17, Psa 139:18; Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Jer 29:11 they cannot: etc. or, none can order them unto thee, Job 37:19, Job 37:20 Psalms 40:6”

“He esteems him happy who puts his trust (מבטחו, with a latent Dagesh, as, according to Kimchi, also in Psa 71:5; Job 31:24; Jer 17:7) in Jahve, the God who has already made Himself glorious in Israel by innumerable wonderful works. Jer 17:7 is an echo of this אשׁרי. Psa 52:9 (cf. Psa 91:9) shows how Davidic is the language. The expression is designedly not האישׁ, but הגּבר, which is better adapted to designate the man as being tempted to put trust in himself. רהבים from רהב (not from רהב) are the impetuous or violent, who in their arrogance cast down everything. שׂטי כזב, "turners aside of falsehood" (שׁוּט = שׂטה, cf. Psa 101:3), is the expression for apostates who yield to falsehood…”