New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 139:18
Psalms 139:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.
Context of Psalms 139:18
16Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. 17How precious also are Your thoughts for me, God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. 19If only You would put the wicked to death, God; Leave me, you men of bloodshed. 20For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain.
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אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 139:18
- Psalms 40:12For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
- Psalms 139:3You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
- Psalms 3:5I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
- Psalms 16:8I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.
- Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
- Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.
- Daniel 12:2And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.
Commentaries on Psalms 139:18
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18If I should count them - If I could count them. They are more in number than the sand - Numberless as the sand on the sea-shore. When I awake, I am still with thee - When I am lost in deep and profound meditation on this subject, and am aroused again to consciousness, I find the same thing still true. The fact of “my” being forgetful, or lost in profound meditation, has made no difference with thee. Thou art still the same; and the same unceasing care…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are deep, such as cannot be known. We cannot think how many mercies we have received from him. It would help to keep us in the fear of the Lord all the day long, if, when we wake in the morning, our first thoughts were of him: and how shall we admire and bless our God for his precious salvation, when we awake in the world of glory! Surely we ought not to use our members and senses, which are so…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24In this wisdom psalm, the psalmist opens every part of his life to God. He invites God to examine his thoughts, actions, and words. Even though life is difficult, he wants to grow in wisdom so that he does not share in the judgment of the wicked (Psalm 141:5; 142:3; 143:8, 10; 144:3–4). The psalmist also knows that he cannot escape from the Lord. His stress fades as he remembers that God has cared for him with love, even before he was born (Psalm…Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 18I shall count them...than sand If I came to count the good of their deeds, they would be more numerous than sand.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 139
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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