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Psalms 139:2

You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

In Context

1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

3You keep watch over my steps and my sleep, and have knowledge of all my ways.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:13And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

2 Kings 6:12And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.

Psalms 44:22\44:21\Will not God make search for it? for he sees the secrets of the heart.

Psalms 94:11The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

Isaiah 37:28But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.

Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord has said: In that day it will come about that things will come into your mind, and you will have thoughts of an evil design:

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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