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Psalms 139:17
Psalms 139:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 139, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!
Or How amazing are Your thoughts concerning me
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!
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Psalms 139:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
17 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—
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 40:5Many, 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.
Proverbs 8:31I was rejoicing in His whole world, delighting together in the sons of men.
Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Isaiah 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 29:11For 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.
Ephesians 3:9and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
Ephesians 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
Psalms 31:19How 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!
Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!