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Psalm 139:17–18

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17How precious to me are your thoughts,ae God!f

How vast is the sum of them!

18Were I to count them,g

they would outnumber the grains of sandh—

when I awake,i I am still with you.

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Psalm 139:17–18: How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

Footnotes

  1. aOr How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

Cross references

  1. eSee Ps 92:5
  2. fSee Job 5:9
  3. gPs 40:5
  4. hSee Job 29:18
  5. iSee Ps 3:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

God, how precious your thoughts are to me;

how vast their sum is!

If I counted them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand;

when I wake up, I am still with you.

NLTNew Living Translation

How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.

They cannot be numbered!

I can’t even count them;

they outnumber the grains of sand!

And when I wake up,

you are still with me!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God;

how vast is their sum.

If I should count them,

they would outnumber the sand.

I awaken, and I am still with you.

KJV 1900King James Version

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:

When I awake, I am still with thee.