Psalms 139:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Psalms 139:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.
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 92:5
O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
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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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-24)

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, Ps. 139:17, 18. God, who knew him, thought of him, and his thoughts towards him were thoughts of love, thought of good, and not of evil, Jer. 29:11. God’s omniscience, which might justly have watched over us to do us hu…