Psalms 139:18

“If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand, etc.], 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, which are innumerable; (<191105>Psalm 11:5). So Pindar saysf1862, that sand flies number, that is, is not to be numbered; though the Pythian oracle boastingly saidf1863, I know the number of the sand, and the measures of the sea; to which Lucanf1864 may have respect when he says, measure is not wanting to the ocean, nor number to the sand; hence geometricians affect to know them; so Archytas the mathematician, skilled in geometry and arithmetic, is described and derided by Horacef1865 as the measurer…”

“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 deep and profound meditation on this subject, and am aroused again to consciousness, I find the same thing still true. The fact of “my” being forgetful, or lost in profound meditation, has made no difference with thee. Thou art still the same; and the same unceasing care, the same thoughtfulness, still exists in regard to me. Or, the meaning may be, sleeping or waking with me, it is still the same in regard to thee. Thine eyes never close. When mine are closed in sleep, thou art round about me; when I awake…”

“Them - Thy wonderful counsels and works on my behalf come constantly into my mind. Psalms 139:22”

“they are more: Psa 40:12 when I awake: Psa 139:3, Psa 3:5, Psa 16:8-11, Psa 17:15, Psa 63:6, Psa 63:7; Isa 26:19; Dan 12:2; Th1 5:10 Psalms 139:19”