Psalm 139:18 {138:18}
Good News Translation
If I counted them, they would be more than the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

New Revised Standard Version
I try to count them—they are more than the sand; I come to the end—I am still with you.

Contemporary English Version
I try to count your thoughts, but they outnumber the grains of sand on the beach. And when I awake, I will find you nearby.

New American Bible
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands; when I complete them, still you are with me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.

they are more

Psalm 40:12 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

when I awake

Psalm 139:3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.

Psalm 3:5 I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

Psalm 16:8-11 I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved. . . .

Psalm 17:15 But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.

Psalm 63:6,7 If I have remembered thee upon my bed, I will meditate on thee in the morning: . . .

Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.

Daniel 12:2 And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some unto life everlasting, and others unto reproach, to see it always.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us: that, whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with him.

Context
You Have Searched Me and Known Me
17But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened. 18I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand, I rose up and am still with thee.19If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:…
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.

Psalm 40:5
Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God: and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.

Psalm 139:17
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