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.

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Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders(A) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare(B) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many(C) to declare.

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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.

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11 For I know the plans(A) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper(B) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(C)

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

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](A) God!(B)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(C)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(D)
    when I awake,(E) I am still with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me

O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

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How great are your works,(A) Lord,
    how profound your thoughts!(B)

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15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.

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15 My mouth will tell(A) of your righteous deeds,(B)
    of your saving acts all day long—
    though I know not how to relate them all.

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11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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11 Who among the gods
    is like you,(A) Lord?
Who is like you—
    majestic in holiness,(B)
awesome in glory,(C)
    working wonders?(D)

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To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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to him who alone does great wonders,(A)
His love endures forever.

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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

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“For my thoughts(A) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(B)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(C)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(D)

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10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

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10 He performs wonders(A) that cannot be fathomed,
    miracles that cannot be counted.(B)

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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,(A)
    too lofty(B) for me to attain.

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14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

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14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
    how faint the whisper(A) we hear of him!(B)
    Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(C)

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Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:

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And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

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All these officials of yours will come to me, bowing down before me and saying, ‘Go,(A) you and all the people who follow you!’ After that I will leave.”(B) Then Moses, hot with anger, left Pharaoh.

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