Psalms 139:17
15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
19 O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
- KJV
- How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- WEB
- How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
- ASV
- How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
- DARBY
- But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- BLB
- And how precious are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is their sum!
- ÅB
- Hvor vektige dine tanker er for meg, Gud, hvor store deres summer!
- OTB
- Hvor dyrebare er Dine tanker for meg, Gud!
Hvor stor er summen av dem! - B1930
- Hvor vektige dine tanker er for mig, Gud, hvor store deres summer!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Read in contextIsaiah 55:8–9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 92:5
How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!
Read in contextPsalms 36:7
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
Read in contextEphesians 3:9–10
and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
Read in contextPsalms 31:19
How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
Read in contextProverbs 8:31
I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
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