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Psalms 139:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. "
Psalms 139:18
Verse in Context
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16 Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum!
18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
19 If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
20 For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.
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Psalms 139:1
"LORD, you have searched me, and you know me."
Psalms 139:2
"You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar."
Psalms 139:3
"You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways."
Psalms 139:4
"For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether."
Psalms 139:5
"You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me."
Psalms 139:6
"This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it."
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