Psalms 139:17
ContextNET © | How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! 1 How vast is their sum total! 2 |
NIV © | How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! |
NASB © | How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! |
NLT © | How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable! |
MSG © | Your thoughts--how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them! |
BBE © | How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them! |
NRSV © | How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! |
NKJV © | How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! |
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NET © | How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! 1 How vast is their sum total! 2 |
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1 tn Heb “and to me how precious are your thoughts, O God.” The Hebrew verb יָקַר (yaqar) probably has the sense of “difficult [to comprehend]” here (see HALOT 432 s.v. יקר qal.1 and note the use of Aramaic יַקִּר in Dan 2:11). Elsewhere in the immediate context the psalmist expresses his amazement at the extent of God’s knowledge about him (see vv. 1-6, 17b-18). 2 tn Heb “how vast are their heads.” Here the Hebrew word “head” is used of the “sum total” of God’s knowledge of the psalmist. |