'Things' in the Bible

Who does great and unsearchable things,Marvelous things without number.

“My soul refuses to touch them;Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].

“How long will you say these things?And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

Who does great things, [beyond understanding,] unfathomable,Yes, marvelous and wondrous things without number.

“Can you discover the depths of God?Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;I am not inferior to you.Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

“He uncovers mysteries [that are difficult to grasp and understand] out of the darknessAnd brings black gloom and the shadow of death into light.

“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment]And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.

“I have heard many such things;Wearisome and miserable comforters are you all.

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.

[Elihu comments,] “Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man,

“God thunders marvelously with His voice;He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

“I know that You can do all things,And that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained.

“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.