Psalms 139:6
[Such] knowledge is too wonderful for me. It is high, I cannot attain to it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
In Context
5Thou have beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
7Where shall I go from thy Spirit? Or where shall I flee from thy presence?
Cross References
Job 11:7Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Job 42:3Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonderful works which thou have done, and thy thoughts which are toward us. They cannot be set in order to thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Proverbs 30:18There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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 →