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Salmos 139:17
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¡Cuán preciosos también son para mí, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! ¡Cuán inmensa es la suma de ellos!
�Qu� preciosos me son, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! �Cu�n grande es la suma de ellos!
As� que �cu�n preciosos me son, oh Dios, tus pensamientos! �Cu�n multiplicadas son sus cuentas!
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
precious: Psalms 40:5, Proverbs 8:31, Isaiah 55:8, Isaiah 55:9, Jeremiah 29:11, Ephesians 3:9, Ephesians 3:10
how great: Psalms 31:19, Psalms 36:7
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:63 - to meditate Psalms 63:6 - General Psalms 68:19 - daily Psalms 71:15 - I know Psalms 92:5 - thoughts Psalms 104:34 - meditation Psalms 106:2 - utter Psalms 119:148 - eyes Psalms 147:5 - his understanding is infinite
Gill's Notes on the Bible
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!.... The word r signifies that which is scarce and rare, and not to be attained and enjoyed; see 1 Samuel 3:1; the thoughts and counsels of God are impenetrable and unsearchable; he knows our thoughts, as Aben Ezra observes, but we do not know his, Psalms 139:2; as well as it likewise signifies the worth and value of them; God's thoughts are infinitely beyond ours, and infinitely more valuable and more important, and are concerning our welfare and happiness: it is marvellous that God should think of us at all; it is more so that his thoughts should not be thoughts of evil, to bring that evil upon its we deserve, but thoughts of peace and reconciliation in and by his Son, in whom he was reconciling the world to himself; thoughts of salvation and eternal life, and of the way and means of bringing it about; thoughts to provide for our present supply in this world, and to lay up for us for the world to come; see Jeremiah 29:11. It may be interpreted of the thoughts which David had of God in his meditations of him, which were sweet, precious, and comfortable to him; of his lovingkindness to him, covenant grace, precious promises, and gracious dealings with him; but the former sense seems best. The Targum is,
"to me how precious they that love thee, the righteous, O God!''
and so the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Ethiopic, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it, "thy friends";
how great is the sum of them! or "the heads of them"; that is, not the chief of thy friends, but the sum of thy thoughts, these in the bulk, in the general, are not to be counted; and much less the particulars of them, these are not to be entered into or described.
r יקרו "difficiles", Cocceius; "quam rarae"; so some in Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! - On the word “thoughts,” see the notes at Psalms 139:2. Compare Psalms 139:23. The remark is made here doubtless in view of the numberless “thoughts” involved in planning and forming a frame so wondrous, and in the care necessary to bring it to perfection; to develop it; to provide for it; to guard and defend it. How many “thoughts” of a parent are employed in behalf of his children, in providing for them; teaching them; counseling them; anticipating their needs. How manymore thoughts are needful on the part of God in reference to each one of us: for there are numberless things necessary for us which cannot occupy the mind of a parent, since he cannot accomplish these things for us; they do not lie within his province, or in his power.
How great is the sum of them - literally, “How strong are the heads of them.” That is, The heading of them, or the summing of them up, would be a task beyond the power of man. And who “could” estimate the number of the “thoughts” necessarily bestowed on himself by his Maker in all the care exercised over him; all the arrangements for his development and growth; all that is done to defend him from danger; all that is indispensable in providing for his needs; all that was necessary to secure the salvation of his soul! See the notes at Psalms 40:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:17. How precious also are thy thoughts — רעיך reeycha, thy cogitations; a Chaldaism, as before.
How great is the sum of them! — מה עצמו ראשיהם mah atsemu rasheyhem; How strongly rational are the heads or principal subjects of them! But the word may apply to the bones, atsamoth, the structure and uses of which are most curious and important.
