Psalms 139:17

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand,...., That is, if I should attempt to do it, it would be as vain and fruitless as to attempt to count the sands upon the seashore, which…

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! - On the word “thoughts,” see the notes at Psa 139:2. Compare Psa 139:23. The remark is made here doubtless in view of the numberless “thoughts”…

Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God's omniscience, divers ways.

I. He acknowledges, with wonder and thankfulness, the care God had taken of him all his days, Psa 139:17, Psa…

To me then, who am the object of all this care, how precious are thy thoughts, O God! It is my delight to meditate upon the purposes of Thy Providence. How vast are the sums of them! There are, as it…