Psalm 139:17 “How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!”

Psalm 139:17

How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

World English Bible

How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!

American Standard Version

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe deare therefore are thy thoughtes vnto me, O God! how great is ye summe of them!

Darby Translation

But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Young's Literal Translation

And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!

Bible in Basic English

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

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Cross references

“precious”

Psalm 40:5 Jeremiah 29:11 Proverbs 8:31 Isaiah 55:8 Isaiah 55:9 Ephesians 3:9

Psalm 40:5 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 29:11 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 8:31 · BSB

I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.

Isaiah 55:8 · BSB

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

Isaiah 55:9 · BSB

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Ephesians 3:9 · BSB

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

“how great”

Psalm 36:7 Psalm 31:19

Psalm 36:7 · BSB

How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

Psalm 31:19 · BSB

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!

Also

Psalm 92:5

Psalm 92:5 · BSB

How great are Your works, O LORD, how deep are Your thoughts!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

18If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

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