Praising The One And Only God
Who is mighty as thou art, asks the psalmist. There is no comparison. In these verses, the psalmist tries to describe the supremacy of God. Inspired by the Spirit, his words reflect a part of God’s nature. As a result number Numerics Gematria features similar to Exodus 34:6-7 appear.
O LORD God of hosts, who is mighty as thou art, O LORD, with thy faithfulness round about thee? Thou dost rule the raging of the sea; when its waves rise, thou stillest them. Thou didst crush Rahab like a carcass, thou didst scatter thy enemies with thy mighty arm. The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them. The north and the south, thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon joyously praise thy name. (Psalm 89:8-12 RSV)
יהוה אלהי צבאות מיכמוך חסין יה ואמונתך סביבותיך אתה מושל בגאות הים בשוא גליו אתה תשבחםאתה דכאת כחלל רהב בזרוע עזך פזרת אויביך לך שמים אףלך ארץ תבל ומלאה אתה יסדתם צפון וימין אתה בראתם תבור וחרמון בשמך ירננו
1(Psalm 89:8-12)
1 2 3 4 26 46 499 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10- 5- 6- 5 1- 30- 5- 10 90- 2- 1- 6- 400 40- 10 Yhwh God of Hosts who? 5 6 7 8 86 128 15 523 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 20- 40- 6- 20 8- 60- 10- 50 10- 5 6- 1- 40- 6- 50- 400- 20 like you mighty Yhwh and faithfulness of you 9 10 11 510 406 376 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 60- 2- 10- 2- 6- 400- 10- 20 1- 400- 5 40- 6- 300- 30 ones around you you one ruling 12 13 14 412 55 309 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 2- 3- 1- 6- 400 5- 10- 40 2- 300- 6- 1 over surging of the sea when to mount up 15 16 17 49 406 750 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 3- 30- 10- 6 1- 400- 5 400- 300- 2- 8- 40 waves of him you you still them 18 19 20 406 425 88 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 1- 400- 5 4- 20- 1- 400 20- 8- 30- 30 you you crushed like the slain 21 22 23 207 285 97 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 200- 5- 2 2- 7- 200- 6- 70 70- 7- 20 Rahab with arm of strength of you 24 25 26 687 49 50 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 80- 7- 200- 400 1- 6- 10- 2- 10- 20 30- 20 you scattered enemies of you to you 27 28 29 30 390 81 50 291 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 300- 40- 10- 40 1- 80 30- 20 1- 200- 90 heavens also to you earth 31 32 33 432 82 406 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 400- 2- 30 6- 40- 30- 1- 5 1- 400- 5 world and fullness of her you 34 35 36 514 226 116 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 10- 60- 4- 400- 40 90- 80- 6- 50 6- 10- 40- 10- 50 founded them north and south 37 38 39 406 643 608 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 1- 400- 5 2- 200- 1- 400- 40 400- 2- 6- 200 you created them Tabor 40 41 42 310 362 316 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 6- 8- 200- 40- 6- 50 2- 300- 40- 20 10- 200- 50- 50- 6 & Hermon at name of you they sing for joy2
Spiritual Truths
As the psalmist said, Who is mighty as thou art?
There is none. God is unique, and the only one who commands myriads and myriads (Daniel 7:10). He is steadfast in faithfulness (Exodus 34:6-7), master/owner of creation (Genesis 1:1-2, 7, 9). None can withstand His judgment or power.
This is a psalm to praise God, and an excellent meditation.
Numeric Features
Primary Features
(Derived from Revelation 1:8 and grouped for easy reference.)
A.1Numeric total: 12173 = 7 x 37 x 47. (See feature 2.3.)
A.4Number of words: 42 = 2 x 3 x 7. (See feature 2.1.)
A.5Number of letters: 168 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7. (See feature 2.2.)
B.3.2Every other word (even): 6149 = 11 x 13 x 43. (See feature 3.1.)
B.4Every other letter (odd): 6503 = 7 x 929. (See feature 4.1.)
B.4.2Every other letter (even): 5670 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 7. (See feature 4.1.1.)
C.2.3First and last letter of each verse: 169 = 13 x 13. (See feature 1.1.)
C.3.2First and last letter of each word: 5138 = 2 x 7 x 367. (See feature 5.2.)
D.3.3First letter of each word: 2373 = 3 x 7 x 113. (See feature 5.)
E.2.3Last letter of each verse: 126 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 7. (See feature 1.2.3.)
E.3.3Last letter of each word: 2765 = 5 x 7 x 79. (See feature 5.1.)
F.3First half of the words: 5772 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 13 x 37. (See feature 2.1.1.)
G.4.3Last third of the letters: 4732 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 13 x 13. (See feature 2.2.1.)
The Verses
1.1Only the first and last letters of these five verses produce a feature. Their sum: 169 = 13 x 13. SF: 26 = 2 x 13. Since the passage is about God, it is only appropriate the feature parallels the sum of the divine name.
1.2.1The first and last letters of the first and last verses: 77 = 7 x 11.
1.2.2The first and last letters of the verses that are not first or last: 92 = 2 x 2 x 23. The factor 23 points to the human author of the psalm.
1.2.3The first letter of each verse has no feature, but the last letter of each verse does: 126 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 7.
1.3The middle verse: 2244 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 11 x 17. SF: 35 = 5 x 7.
The Words And Letters
2.1There are 42 words (2 x 3 x 7. SF: 12 = 2 x 2 x 3. SF: 7.) The chain of factors ends with seven.
2.1.1First half of the words: 5772 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 13 x 37.
2.2There are 168 letters (2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7).
2.2.1Last third of the letters: 4732 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 13 x 13.
2.3The numeric total: 12173 = 7 x 37 x 47. SF: 91 = 7 x 13. (We see God twice in the second level.)
46 50 128 523 406 412 309 406 406 88 285 687 50 81 291 82 514 116 643 310 316
Total: 6149 = 11 x 13 x 43. (Unfortunately, the odd positioned words have no corresponding feature.)
3.2Words with an odd number of letters.
a) 3 8 10 12 13 16 17 18 21 22 23 30 31 32 33 34 36 b) 499 523 406 412 55 406 750 406 207 285 97 291 432 82 406 514 116 a) 37 38 42 b) 406 643 316
Position total: 476 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 17. SF: 28 = 2 x 2 x 7. Word total: 7252 = 2 x 2 x 7 x 7 x 37.
3.2.1Words with an even number of letters.
a) 1 2 4 5 6 7 9 11 14 15 19 20 24 25 26 27 28 29 b) 26 46 50 86 128 15 510 376 309 49 425 88 687 49 50 390 81 50 a) 35 39 40 41 b) 226 608 310 362
Position total: 427 = 7 x 61. Word total: 4921 = 7 x 19 x 37. SF: 63 = 3 x 3 x 7. SF: 13. (These two features have perfect symmetry in the categories of odd and even, in the position of the words, their values, even to the factor chain of the values.)
10 6 1 5 90 1 400 10 40 20 60 50 5 1 6 400 60 10 6 10 1 5 6 30 3 6 5 40 300 1 30 6 400 400 2 40 400 4 1 20 30 200 2 7 6 70 20 7 400 6 2 20 20 40 40 80 20 200 400 30 40 1 1 5 60 400 90 6 6 40 50 400 2 1 40 2 200 8 40 50 300 20 200 50
Total of odd positioned letters: 6503 = 7 x 929. SF: 936 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 13.
5 5 30 10 2 6 40 20 6 8 10 10 6 40 50 20 2 2 400 20 400 40 300 2 1 400 10 2 6 3 10 1 5 300 8 1 5 20 400 8 30 5 2 200 70 7 80 200 1 10 10 30 300 10 1 30 1 90 2 6 30 5 400 10 4 40 80 50 10 10 1 5 200 400 400 6 6 200 6 2 40 10 50 6
Total of even positioned letters: 5670 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 5 x 7. SF: 26 = 2 x 13. (Odd and even also pairs perfectly with the positioning of the letters.)
4.2Odd valued letters:
a) 2 4 5 7 11 25 27 41 43 49 50 53 59 60 64 66 72 74 b) 5 5 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 3 1 5 1 3 1 5 1 5 a) 77 84 87 92 95 98 110 114 123 124 125 127 142 144 147 b) 1 5 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
Total of the positions: 2401 = 7 x 7 x 7 x 7. SF: 28 = 2 x 2 x 7. (The letter values have no feature.)
4.2.1Even valued letters:
a) 1 3 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 b) 10 6 30 10 90 2 6 400 40 10 20 40 6 20 8 60 10 50 a) 24 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 b) 10 6 40 6 50 400 20 60 2 10 2 6 400 10 20 400 40 a) 45 46 47 48 51 52 54 55 56 57 58 61 62 63 65 67 68 b) 6 300 30 2 6 400 10 40 2 300 6 30 10 6 400 400 300 a) 69 70 71 73 75 76 78 79 80 81 82 83 85 86 88 89 90 b) 2 8 40 400 4 20 400 20 8 30 30 200 2 2 200 6 70 a) 91 93 94 96 97 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 b) 70 20 80 200 400 6 10 2 10 20 30 20 300 40 10 a) 109 111 112 113 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 126 128 b) 40 80 30 20 200 90 400 2 30 6 40 30 400 10 a) 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 143 b) 60 4 400 40 90 80 6 50 6 10 40 10 50 400 a) 145 146 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 b) 2 200 400 40 400 2 6 200 6 8 200 40 6 50 a) 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 b) 2 300 40 20 10 200 50 50 6
Total of positions: 11795 = 5 x 7 x 337. Again the letter values have nothing, but this maintains the symmetry of the two features.
a) 1 5 9 14 16 20 24 26 33 41 44 48 53 56 60 64 67 72 b) 10 1 90 40 20 8 10 6 60 1 40 2 5 2 3 1 400 1 a) 75 79 83 86 91 94 98 104 106 110 112 114 117 120 125 b) 4 20 200 2 70 80 1 30 300 1 30 1 400 6 1 a) 128 133 137 142 145 150 154 160 164 b) 10 90 6 1 2 400 6 2 10
Total: 2373 = 3 x 7 x 113.
a) 4 8 13 15 19 23 25 32 40 43 47 52 55 59 63 66 71 b) 5 10 400 10 20 50 5 20 20 5 30 400 40 1 6 5 40 a) 74 78 82 85 90 93 97 103 105 109 111 113 116 119 124 b) 5 400 30 2 70 20 400 20 20 40 80 20 90 30 5 a) 127 132 136 141 144 149 153 159 163 168 b) 5 40 50 50 5 40 200 50 20 6
Total: 2765 = 5 x 7 x 79. SF: 91 = 7 x 13.
5.2First and last letters of each word together: 5138 = 2 x 7 x 367.
5.3Letters that are not first OR last: 7035 = 3 x 5 x 7 x 67. (First, last, and first and last together all match Revelation 1:8's is, was, and is to come.
6.The letters 9, and 100 do not appear in this passage. The sum of the letters that do:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 200 300 400
Total: 1386 = 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 x 11. SF: 26 = 2 x 13.
7.Rank the letters by the number of times they appeared. Divide the list equally into those that appeared the least, and those that appeared the most.
7.1The following letters appeared seven times or less:
3 4 70 60 7 80 90 8 300 50
Total: 672 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7.
7.1.2These letters appeared the most (eight times or more):
200 30 20 5 2 40 1 10 400 6
Total: 714 = 2 x 3 x 7 x 17.
7.2Rank the letters by value from least to greatest. Divide the list into equal halves. The lesser half of the letters:
a) 5 11 27 41 50 59 64 72 77 98 110 114 123 125 142 147 b) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a) 86 56 101 36 10 118 69 48 34 145 85 151 160 49 60 130 b) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 a) 75 25 43 124 84 127 7 4 144 66 2 53 74 37 120 26 58 b) 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 a) 12 45 63 135 137 89 29 99 18 3 152 154 158 51 168 87 b) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 a) 92 95 155 70 80 20 39 102 138 140 108 1 54 22 24 35 b) 7 7 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 a) 15 62 8 b) 10 10 10
Lesser half total: 413 = 7 x 59.
7.2.1The greater half of the letters:
a) 128 164 100 103 105 93 32 113 19 76 16 163 79 40 104 b) 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 a) 119 82 122 47 61 112 6 81 71 28 149 107 132 14 121 b) 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 a) 157 109 139 162 44 55 17 141 30 136 23 166 167 159 33 b) 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 60 a) 129 21 91 90 134 94 111 116 9 133 153 146 88 156 165 b) 60 60 70 70 80 80 80 90 90 90 200 200 200 200 200 a) 115 83 96 46 106 161 57 68 67 13 126 52 78 117 143 b) 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 a) 97 131 31 38 148 65 150 73 42 b) 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400 400
Greater half total: 11760 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5 x 7 x 7.
Conclusion
The symmetry in so many features cannot be coincidence. Psalm 89:8-12 was inspired to reflect aspects of God in meaning and numbers Numerics Gematria.
The truths in this psalm can also be found in many other psalms praising God. This psalm is not unique. A full in depth look at the numbers doesn't seem necessary.
Notes
- The Hebrew or Greek text is from Bibleworks 3.0 by Hermeneutika, Michael S. Bushell, 1995, translated into HTML entities. Vowel marks and punctuation from the Hebrew have been removed. Greek accent marks and punctuation have also been removed. (There is a 1 verse discrepancy between the Hebrew and English numbering of the verses. Hebrew equivalent is Psalm 89:9-13.)
- Interlinear translation is from The NIV Interlinear Hebrew-English Old Testament, vol. 3, edited by John R. Kohlenerger III, The Zondervan Corporation, 1982.