Psalms 139:18
I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.
Young's Literal Translation
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
17And to me how precious have been Thy thoughts, O God, how great hath been their sum!
19Dost Thou slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!
Cross References
Psalms 3:5I — I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Psalms 17:15I — in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, [with] Thy form!
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.
Psalms 63:6If I have remembered Thee on my couch, In the watches — I meditate on Thee.
Isaiah 26:19'Thy dead live — My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs [is] thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
1 Thessalonians 5:10who did die for us, that whether we wake — whether we sleep — together with him we may live;
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 →