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I wanted to add to aussieboy’s DT. (Very nice, btw).

In Nishmas (which we say at the end of psukei d’zimra on Shabbos), we say

“Illu phinu maalei shira kayam…..”

I don’t have time right now to transcribe and translate the whole passage. What we say is that even if we had unimaginable physical powers at our disposal to use to praise Hashem, it still would not be enough, not even the most miniscule fraction, to properly praise Hashem.

Then, we continue and say, “Al kein eivarim shepilagta bonu…” – Therefore we will praise Hashem using the simple physical powers that we have from Hashem. What is going on? What value does that praise have – using just our puny physical powers – after what we just said before?

The answer is that when we praise Hashem to the limits of our abilities, we can be satisfied that at least we did the best we could. If we tried to imagine the proper way to fully praise Him, we would not be able to, and we admit that. But if we use everything that we DO have, we can be happy with our service to Hashem, because we have done our part.