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Psalm 139:17-18 KJV
Psalms · chapter 139 · verses 17–18
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.Psalm 139:17-18 · King James Version
Psalm 139:17-18 in context
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine 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.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 40:5
- Jeremiah 29:11
- Isaiah 55:8-9
- Psalms 92:5
- Psalms 36:7
- Ephesians 3:9-10
- Psalms 31:19
- Psalms 3:5
- Psalms 139:3
Key words (Strong's)
- preciousyâqarproperly, apparently, to be heavyH3365 →
- thoughtsrêaʻa thoughtH7454 →
- numberrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
- greatʻâtsamto bind fastH6105 →
- countçâpharproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608 →
- awakeqûwtsto awakeH6974 →
- sandchôwlsandH2344 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
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Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God's omniscience, divers ways. I. He acknowledges, with wonder and thankfulness, the care God had taken of him all his days, Psa 139:17, Psa 139:18.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-24