Psalms 139:18

If I could count them, I would see that they are more than the grains of sand at the seashore. And when I wake up, I am still with you and I know that there are still more of your thoughts about me to count.

Translation for Translators

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

17God, what you think about me is very precious (OR, is very hard to understand). There is a great number of things that you think about.

19God, I desire that you would kill all the wicked people! And I wish that violent [MTY] men would ◄leave/go away from► me.

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Cross References

Psalms 3:5At night I lie down and sleep, and I awake in the morning feeling good/refreshed because you, Yahweh, ◄take care of/protect► me all during the night.

Psalms 17:15Yahweh, because I act righteously, I will some day see you [SYN]. When I awake, I will see you face-to-face, and then I will be happy.

Psalms 40:6Various kinds of sacrifices and other offerings are not the only things that delight you. You have enabled me to understand that very well [IDM]. Animals burned on the altar and other offerings are not all that you require for sins to be forgiven.

Psalms 63:6While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night,

Isaiah 26:19But Yahweh’s people who have died will become alive again, their corpses will become alive! Those whose bodies lie in graves will rise and shout joyfully! His light will be like dew that falls on his people who have died, who are now in the place where the dead people are, and will cause them to become alive again.

1 Thessalonians 5:10Jesus died to atone/pay for our sins in order that we might be able to live together with him, whether we are alive [MET] or whether we are dead [EUP] when he returns to earth.

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 →

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