Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 145:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 145:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 145:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, the LORD is so amazing and deserves lots of praise, and His greatness is so big that we can't fully understand it.

Psalms 145:3: Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable. [and his...: Heb. and of his greatness there is no search]

Contradiction with Genesis 11:4

People built the Tower of Babel to make a name for themselves, implying human greatness can be reached, in contrast to God's unsearchable greatness in Psalms 145:3.

Genesis 11:4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top [may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

Contradiction with Mark 10:18

Jesus states that no one is good except God, yet Psalms 145:3 implies God's greatness is unique and unsearchable, not merely goodness.

Mark 10:18: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God.

Contradiction with Job 42:6

Job despises himself and repents, suggesting human understanding of God via repentance, yet Psalms 145:3 emphasizes the inability to fully comprehend God's greatness.

Job 42:6: Wherefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17

The verse suggests the inability to fully comprehend God's works, supporting the unknowability yet contradicting the assertion by implying human effort in understanding is futile.

Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].
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