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Psalm 139:1-3 KJV
Psalms · chapter 139 · verses 1–3
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.Psalm 139:1-3 · King James Version
Psalm 139:1-3 in context
1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Commentary
Cross references
- Hebrews 4:13
- Jeremiah 12:3
- Jeremiah 17:9-10
- Psalms 44:21
- Psalms 17:3
- Psalms 139:23
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
- 1 Kings 8:39
- Matthew 9:4
- 2 Kings 19:27
- Isaiah 37:28
- John 2:24-25
Key words (Strong's)
- understandestbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- downsittingyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- compassestzârâhto toss aboutH2219 →
- acquaintedçâkanto be familiar withH5532 →
- searchedchâqarproperly, to penetrateH2713 →
- uprisingqûwmto riseH6965 →
- knowestyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- thoughtrêaʻa thoughtH7454 →
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David here lays down this great doctrine, That the God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of us, and that all the motions and actions both of our inward and of our outward man are naked and open before him. I. He lays down this doctrine in the way of an address to God;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6