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Psalms 139:17

NETBible	How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God!¹ How vast is their sum total!²
NIV © biblegateway Psa 139:17	How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
NASB © biblegateway Psa 139:17	How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
NLT © biblegateway Psa 139:17	How precious are your thoughts about me, O God! They are innumerable!
MSG © biblegateway Psa 139:17	Your thoughts--how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them!
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 139:17	How dear are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the number of them!
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 139:17	How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 139:17	How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
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KJV	How precious <03365> (8804) also are thy thoughts <07454> unto me, O God <0410>_! how great <06105> (8804) is the sum <07218> of them!
NASB © biblegateway Psa 139:17	How <04100> precious <03365> also are Your thoughts <07454> to me, O God <0410> ! How <04100> vast <06105> is the sum <07218> of them!
LXXM	(138:17) emoi <1473> P-DS de <1161> PRT lian <3029> ADV etimhyhsan <5091> V-API-3P oi <3588> T-NPM filoi <5384> A-NPM sou <4771> P-GS o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM lian <3029> ADV ekrataiwyhsan <2901> V-API-3P ai <3588> T-NPF arcai <746> N-NPF autwn <846> P-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	How <04100> difficult it is for me to fathom <03365> your thoughts <07454> about me, O God <0410> ! How <04100> vast <06105> is their sum total <07218> !
HEBREW	Mhysar <07218> wmue <06105> hm <04100> la <0410> Kyer <07454> wrqy <03365> hm <04100> ylw (139:17) <0>

NETBible

How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God!¹ How vast is their sum total!²

NET Notes

¹tn 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).

²tn Heb “how vast are their heads.” Here the Hebrew word “head” is used of the “sum total” of God’s knowledge of the psalmist.