re.a denotes a thought, whether understood from afar or gathered as God’s precious thoughts.

The two verses present re.a as a thought: singular in the thought understood from afar and plural in God’s precious thoughts, whose sum is vast.

1. Thoughts understood and valued · dominant

   In Psalm 139:2, the singular construct form occurs in the clause about understanding a thought from afar; the APB renders the verse, "You have known my sitting down and my rising up; you have understood my thought from afar." In Psalm 139:17, the plural construct form occurs in the address to God about thoughts that are precious and vast in sum; the APB renders, "How precious to me are your thoughts, O God; how vast is the sum of them."

   Psalm 139:2Psalm 139:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the singular occurrence as "my thought" in Psalm 139:2 and the plural occurrence as "your thoughts" in Psalm 139:17. These renderings are read alongside the construct forms and their clauses.