Verse 17
Psalms 139:17
Literal Standard Version
17
And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, || O God (Elohim), how great has been their sum!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִ֗/י מַה יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣י/ךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמוּ רָאשֵׁי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And what is precious to me, your friends, how powerful they have become.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 139 Context
1
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, You have searched me, and know.
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You have known my sitting down, || And my rising up, || You have attended to my thoughts from afar.
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You have fanned my path and my lying down, || And have been acquainted with all my ways.
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For there is not a word in my tongue, || Behold, O YHWH, You have known it all!
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You have besieged me behind and before, || And You place Your hand on me.
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Knowledge too wonderful for me, || It has been set on high, || I am not able for it.
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To where do I go from Your Spirit? And to where do I flee from Your face?
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If I ascend the heavens—You are there, || And spread out a bed in Sheol, behold, You!
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I take the wings of morning, || I dwell in the uttermost part of the sea,
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Also there Your hand leads me, || And Your right hand holds me.
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And I say, “Surely darkness bruises me,” || Then night is light to me.
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Also darkness does not hide from You, || And night shines as day, || As is darkness so is light.
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For You have possessed my reins, || You cover me in my mother’s belly.
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I confess You, because I have been fearfully distinguished. Your works are wonderful, || And my soul...
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15
My substance was not hid from You, || When I was made in secret, || Curiously worked in the lower pa...
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Your eyes saw my unformed substance, || And all of them are written on Your scroll, || The days they...
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And how precious Your thoughts have been to me, || O God (Elohim), how great has been their sum!
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I recount them! They are more than the sand, || I have awoken, and I am still with You.
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19
Do You slay, O God (Elohim), the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
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Who exchange You for wickedness, || Your enemies are lifted up to vanity.
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Do I not hate, YHWH, those hating You? And grieve myself with Your withstanders?
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I have hated them with perfect hatred, || They have become enemies to me.
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Search me, O God (Elohim), and know my heart, || Try me, and know my thoughts,
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And see if a grievous way be in me, || And lead me in a perpetual way!
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