Psalms 139:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 139:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If 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 dee...
Psalms 139:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, (n) I am still with thee. (n) I continually see new opportunity to meditate in your wisdom, and to praise you.
Psalms 139:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXXIX. God is Everywhere: He Knows Everything Oh that He would Destroy the Wicked. This Ps. is among the most spiritual productions of the OT. It deals with the mystery of Divine providence, a the...
Psalms 139:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

more in number... sand. Figure of speech Paroemia . App-6.
Psalms 139:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 735 A CHRISTIAN’S DELIGHT IN GOD Psalms 139:17-18 . 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 th...
Psalms 139:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. If I should count them - I should be glad to enumerate so many interesting particulars: but they a...
Psalms 139:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How precious, &c.— This expresses the zeal and affection that he had for God. "As thou hast taken such care of me, so are the thoughts of thee precious to me above all things." The turn of the...
Psalms 139:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand - "which cannot be measured nor...
Psalms 139:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

One of the very greatest of the Pss. No grander tribute has ever been paid to the omniscience and omnipresence of God. The Ps. is ascribed to David, but the Hebrew is decisive in favour of a date ver...
Psalms 139:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I should ... — The original is more expressive: — “Let me count them — more than the sand they are many: I have awaked — and still with thee.” With the countless mysteries of creation and prov...
Psalms 139:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:1-24 THIS is the noblest utterance in the Psalter of pure contemplative theism, animated and not crushed by the thought of God's omniscience and omnipresence. No less striking than the...
Psalms 139:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Thoughts and Ours Psalms 139:14-24 God's creative power, Psalms 139:14-18 . The psalmist goes back to the beginning of life and describes the weaving of our physical nature. Here we m...
Psalms 139:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The conception of intimate personal relation between God and man is perhaps more remarkably and forcefully dealt with in this song than in any other in the whole collection. The great facts are firs...
Psalms 139:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Under the idea that we may consider what is said before in this Psalm as spoken in the person of Christ, how blessed are the expressions in these verses! When Jesus, as the Head of his church, contem...
Psalms 139:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand ,...., That is, if I should attempt to do it, it would be as vain and fruitless as to attempt to count the sands upon the seashore, whic...
Psalms 139:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. Ver. 18. If I should count them, &c. ] q.d. They are infinite and immmera...
Psalms 139:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How precious also , &c. “From the wonders of God's forming hand, the psalmist proceeds to those of his all-directing providence, which afford additional proofs of the divine omniscience and omni...
Psalms 139:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Omniscience of God. 17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! 18 If I...
Psalms 139:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To wit, by my thoughts and meditations. Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly into my mind, not only in the day time, but even in the night season, which is commonly devoted t...
Psalms 139:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “Nowhere,” says Perowne, “are the great attributes of God—His omniscience, His omnipresence, His omnipotence, set forth so strikingly as they are in this magnificent Psalm. Nowhere is t...
Psalms 139:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:1 . O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. «Thou hast explored me, as men dig in mines, and make subterranean excavations. Thou hast searched into my secret parts, and known me.»...
Psalms 139:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm is entitled, a psalm of David. All the Versions agree with the Hebrew in this. It must be regarded as one of the sublimest representations of the Divinity, and particularly with regard t...
Psalms 139:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, Thou hast searched me, and known me. God’s exhaustive knowledge of man This lyric has always been the subject of praise. Aben Ezra said there was none like it in the five books. Lord Br...
Psalms 139:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A song of praise to God for his omniscience, his omnipresence, and his marvelous powers, ending with a prayer for the destruction of the wicked, and for the purifying from evil of the...
Psalms 139:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:10 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; Psalms 40:12 ; Psalms 139:3 ; Psalms 16:8-11 ; Psalms 17:15 ; Psalms 3:5 ; Psalms 63:6 ; Psalms 63:7
Psalms 139:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Thou God Seest Me Selections from Psalms 139:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The world today needs a new vision of the Deity of Christ. Our Lord Jesus has been dragged down from His place of auth...
Psalms 139:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Them — Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly into my mind.

Psalms 139:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 139:18 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 139:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 139:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 139:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 139:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 139:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 139:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 139:18 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 139:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes