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-…

If I should ...—The original is more expressive:

“Let me count them—more than the sand they are many:
I have awaked…

How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: …

If I should count them, they are more in number than the
sand, That is, if I should attemp…

God's counsels concerning us and our welfare are profound, such that they cannot be fully known. We cannot comprehend how many mercies we have rece…