¹⁷ How precious are your thoughts about me,^[a] O God.
    They cannot be numbered!

⁵ O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us.
    Your plans for us are too numerous to list.
    You have no equal.
If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds,
    I would never come to the end of them.

⁸ “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
    “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
⁹ For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so my ways are higher than your ways
    and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

⁵ O Lord, what great works you do!
    And how deep are your thoughts.

⁷     How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
All humanity finds shelter
    in the shadow of your wings.

¹⁹ How great is the goodness
    you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
    blessing them before the watching world.

³¹ And how happy I was with the world he created;
    how I rejoiced with the human family!