Lord, you know where I am going\par and when I am lying down.\par You know everything I do.\par
Psalm 139:18 - Easy To Read Version If I could count them,\par they would be more\par than all the grains of sand.\par And when I finished,\par I would still be with you.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You. 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. Common English Bible If I tried to count them—they outnumber grains of sand! If I came to the very end—I’d still be with you. |
Lord, you know where I am going\par and when I am lying down.\par You know everything I do.\par
\{I prayed for\} fairness.\par So I will see your face, Lord.\par And seeing you, Lord, {\cf2\super [93]} \par I will be fully satisfied.\par
I can lie down and rest,\par and I know I will wake up.\par Why? Because the Lord\par covers and protects me!\par
Evil people have gathered around me.\par They are too many to count!\par My sins have caught me,\par and I can’t escape them.\par They are more than the hairs on my head.\par I have lost my courage.\par
Lord, our God, you have done many wonderful things!\par You have wonderful plans for us.\par No person could list them all!\par I will tell again and again about\par those things\par that are too many to count.\par
Lord, you made me understand this: {\cf2\super [250]} \par You don’t really want\par sacrifices {\cf2\super [251]} and grain offerings.\par You don’t really want\par burnt offerings and sin offerings.\par
\{But the Lord says,\}\par “Your people have died,\par but they will live again.\par The bodies of my people\par will rise from death.\par Dead people in the ground,\par stand and be happy!\par The dew covering you is like\par the dew sparkling in the light of a new day.\par It shows a new time is coming when the earth\par will give up the dead people\par that are in it.”\par
Many of the people that are dead and buried {\cf2\super [133]} will wake up. Some of them will wake up to have life forever. But some will wake up to have shame and disgrace forever.
Jesus died for us so that we can live together with him. It is not important if we are alive or dead \{when Jesus comes\}.