Psalms 139:6
4 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.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
- KJV
- Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- WEB
- This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
- ASV
- [Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- DARBY
- O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
- BLB
- [Such] knowledge [is] wonderful for me; it is high, I am not able to atttain it.
- ÅB
- Å forstå dette er meg for underlig, det er for høyt, jeg makter det ikke.
- OTB
- Slik kunnskap er for underfull for meg;
Den er så høy at jeg ikke kan fatte den. - B1930
- Å forstå dette er mig for underlig, det er for høit, jeg makter det ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:33
O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
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 contextJob 11:7–9
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Read in contextJob 26:14
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
Read in contextPsalms 40:5
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Read in contextProverbs 30:2–4
Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
Read in contextPsalms 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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