Psalms 139:18
If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
ASV Byzantine Text
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 awoke; 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.
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 →