Psalms 139:18

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.”

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BSBPD

“If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I recount them! than the sand they are more, I have waked, and I am still with Thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 139:18 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
  2. Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
  3. Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
  4. Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
  5. Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
  6. Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
  7. Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
  8. Psalms 139:3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
  9. Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  10. Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 5:10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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