Psalms 139:18
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.
- KJV
- If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- WEB
- If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
- ASV
- If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.
- DARBY
- [If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
- BLB
- [If] I could count them, they would number more than the sand! I awaken, and I am still with You.
- ÅB
- Vil jeg telle dem, så er de flere enn sand; jeg våkner opp, og jeg er enda hos deg.
- OTB
- Om jeg skulle telle dem, ville de overgå sandkornene.
Når jeg våkner, er jeg fortsatt hos Deg. - B1930
- Vil jeg telle dem, så er de flere enn sand; jeg våkner op, og jeg er ennu hos dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Read in contextPsalms 139:3
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
Read in contextPsalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Read in contextPsalms 63:6–7
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Read in contextPsalms 16:8–11
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Read in contextPsalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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