Psalms 139:17 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 139:17

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

KJV

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ASV

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, O God, how vast is their sum!

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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16 verses on the floor

Psalms 40:5
Many, 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.
Psalms 92:5
O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Jeremiah 29:11
For 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 55:8–9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
Psalms 36:7
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Thoughts - Thy counsels on my behalf. Thou didst not only form me at first, but ever since my conception and birth, thy thoughts have been employed for me.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

He concludes from this doctrine that ruin will certainly be the end of sinners. God knows all the wickedness of the wicked, and therefore he will reckon for it: " Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God! for all their wickedness is open before thee, however it may be artfully disguised and coloured over, to hide it from the eye of the world.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 139:17JER 29:11 ISA 55:8-12
PSA 139:17JER 29:11 PSA 40:5
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 139:17JER 29:11 PSA 33:11
PSA 139:17JER 29:11 MIC 4:12
PSA 139:17JER 29:11 JOB 23:13
PSA 139:17PSA 92:5 ROM 11:33-34
PSA 139:17PSA 92:5 ISA 55:8-9
PSA 139:17PSA 40:5 JER 29:11

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