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Sand in the Bible: Psalm 139:17-18


The image of sand near the ocean is often used in the Bible as a metaphor for something so numerous as to be infinite. Here, God's thoughts are said to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the shore.
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Psalm 139:17-18 (KJV)

 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 than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

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