Psalms 139:5
Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
In Context
4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou know it altogether.
6[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
Cross References
Exodus 24:11And he laid not his hand upon the nobles of the sons of Israel. And they beheld God, and ate and drank.
Job 9:33There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.
Psalms 34:7The agent of LORD encamps round about those who fear him, and delivers them.
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 →