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Psalms 139:17 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 139:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:178 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/לִ֗/יwəliy
conj
מַהmah
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
יָּקְר֣וּyāqərw
they are preciousverbH3365
be prized · be set by · withdraw
רֵעֶ֣י/ךָrēʿeykā
thoughts yournounH7454
אֵ֑לʾēl
O GodnounH410
goodly · great · idol · might ···
מֶ֥הmeh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
עָ֝צְמוּʿāṣəmw
they are vastverbH6105
close · be great · be increased · be mighty ···
רָאשֵׁי/הֶֽםrāʾšēyhem
sum theirnounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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