KJV King James Version
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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Psalm 139:17
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
WEB World English Bible
How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
ASV American Standard Version
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
Surrounding context — Psalm 139
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, [and] thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.
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Psalm 40:5Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.Jeremiah 29:11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.Isaiah 55:8-9For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.Psalm 92:5O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.Psalm 36:7How excellent [is] thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.Ephesians 3:9-10And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:Psalm 31:19[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!Proverbs 8:31Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.
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