“How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!”
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! The shift to address (Your thoughts, O God) personalizes the relationship; God's thoughts become source of comfort and value. Precious suggests both rarity and worth; divine thoughts are treasured possessions more valuable than any material wealth. The vastness of the sum emphasizes that God's thoughts transcend complete enumeration; they extend beyond human capacity to number or comprehend. This verse expresses love and appreciation for divine cognition itself.
Church Fathers on Psalms 139:17
1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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