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

⁵ Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.

⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

¹⁹ Oh how great is thy goodness, Which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, Which thou hast wrought for them that take refuge in thee, Before the sons of men!

⁷ How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.

⁵ How great are thy works, O Jehovah! Thy thoughts are very deep.

³¹ Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

⁹ and to make all men see what is the dispensation of the mystery which for ages hath been hid in God who created all things;

¹⁰ to the intent that now unto the principalities and the powers in the heavenly `places' might be made known through the church the manifold wisdom of God,