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17 How deep[a] are your thoughts, God!
    How great is their number!
18 Were I to count them,
    they would number more than the sand.
        When I awake, I will be with you.

19 God, if only you would execute the wicked,
    so that[b] the men guilty of bloodshed would get away from me,

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  1. Psalm 139:17 Or precious
  2. Psalm 139:19 So LXX DSS 11QPsa; MT reads and so that

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.

19 If only you, God, would slay the wicked!(F)
    Away from me,(G) you who are bloodthirsty!(H)

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