Psalms 139:4
2 You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
- KJV
- For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
- WEB
- For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
- ASV
- For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
- DARBY
- For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
- BLB
- For [there is] not a word on my tongue—behold, O YHWH, You have known it all.
- ÅB
- For det er ikke et ord på min tunge - se, Herre, du vet det alt sammen.
- OTB
- Før et ord er på min tunge,
Se, Herre, Du vet det fullt ut. - B1930
- For det er ikke et ord på min tunge - se, Herre, du vet det alt sammen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 4:12–13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Read in contextPsalms 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Read in contextPsalms 50:19–21
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Read in contextMatthew 12:35–37
The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
Read in contextJob 42:3
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Read in contextMalachi 3:13–16
“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
Read in contextJames 1:26
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Read in contextJob 42:6–8
Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
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