Psalms 139:18
If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
Cross References
Psalms 3:5I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.
Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Psalms 63:6when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
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 →