Psalms 139:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:5 : 5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Jer 29:11 : 11 For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
  • Eph 3:9-9 : 9 And make all men see what is the ordering of the secret which from the first has been kept in God who made all things; 10 So that now to the rulers and the authorities in the heavens might be made clear through the church the wide-shining wisdom of God,
  • Ps 92:5 : 5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
  • Prov 8:31 : 31 Playing in his earth; and my delight was with the sons of men.
  • Ps 31:19 : 19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

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    18 If I made up their number, it would be more than the grains of sand; when I am awake, I am still with you.

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    13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

    14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

    15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.

    16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book all my days were recorded, even those which were purposed before they had come into being.

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    5 O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.

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    5 O Lord my God, great are the wonders which you have done in your thought for us; it is not possible to put them out in order before you; when I would give an account of them, their number is greater than I may say.

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    23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • Ps 139:1-10
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

    2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

    3 You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

    4 For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

    5 I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.

    6 Such knowledge is a wonder greater than my powers; it is so high that I may not come near it.

    7 Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

    8 If I go up to heaven, you are there: or if I make my bed in the underworld, you are there.

    9 If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

    10 Even there will I be guided by your hand, and your right hand will keep me.

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    19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

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    7 How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

  • Ps 77:12
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    12 I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.

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    30 But the hairs of your head are all numbered.

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    8 You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

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    73 <JOD> Your hands have made me, and given me form: give me wisdom, so that I may have knowledge of your teaching.

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    3 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

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    16 For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.

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    103 How sweet are your sayings to my taste! truly, they are sweeter than honey in my mouth!

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    11 The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

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    19 O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

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    24 O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.

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    27 See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

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    27 Make the way of your orders clear to me; then my thoughts will be ever on your wonders.

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    167 My soul has kept your unchanging word; great is my love for it.

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    14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

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