Psalms 139:18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
In Context
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!
19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
Cross References
Psalms 3:5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form. Psalm 18 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David the servant of Jehovah, who spake unto Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: and he said,
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Psalms 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
1 Thessalonians 5:10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:18-24
The Omniscience of God. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. 21 Do not I hate them, O Lord , that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? 22 I hate them with perfect hatred:… Read the whole commentary →