King James Version

Psalms 139:18

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

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אֶ֭סְפְּרֵםesperemcommuneסָפַרverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “commune”, an unfinished actionH5608properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.מֵח֣וֹלmecholfrom sandחוֹלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from sand”, the ordinary formH2344sand (as round or whirling particles)sand.יִרְבּ֑וּןyirbunincreaseרָבָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, paragogic nun — “increase”, an unfinished actionH7235to increase (in whatever respect)(bring in) abundance ([idiom] -antly), [phrase] archer (by mistake for H7232 (רָבַב)), be in authority, bring up, [idiom] continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, [idiom] -ness), grow up, heap, incre…הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִיheqitsotiariseקוּץverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “arise”, a completed actionH6974to awake (literally or figuratively)arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.וְעוֹדִ֥יveodiand againעוֹדconjunction, adverb, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and again”H5750properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, moreagain, [idiom] all life long, at all, besides, but, else, further(-more), henceforth, (any) longer, (any) more(-over), [idiom] once, since, (be) still, when, (good, the) while (having being), (as, because, whether, while) yet (within).עִמָּֽךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

Darby Translation

[If] I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand; were I to come to the end of them, I would still be with Thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will number them, and they shall be multiplied beyond the sand; I awake, and am still with thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξαριθμήσομαι αὐτοὺς καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄμμον πληθυνθήσονται· ἐξηγέρθην, καὶ ἔτι εἰμὶ μετὰ σοῦ.