Psalms 139:4
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou know it altogether.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
In Context
3Thou search out my path and my laying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
5Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
Cross References
Job 38:2Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:6Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.
Psalms 50:19Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit.
Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their lees, who say in their heart, LORD will not do good, nor will he do evil.
Matthew 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.
James 1:26If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:2-7
The Omniscience of God. 1 O Lord , thou hast searched me, and known me. 2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord , thou knowest it altogether. 5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. David here lays down this great doctrine,… Read the whole commentary →