Psalms 139:2
Rescue me, O Lord, from the evil man. Rescue me from the iniquitous leader.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
3Those who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all day long they constructed conflicts.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13Then she called upon the name of the Lord who had spoken to her: “You are the God who has seen me.” For she said, “Certainly, here I have seen the back of the one who sees me.”
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said: “By no means, my lord the king! Rather it is the prophet Elisha, who is in Israel, who is revealing to the king of Israel every word whatsoever that you will speak in your conclave.”
Psalms 94:11And these have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.
Isaiah 37:28I know your habitation, and your arrival, and your departure, and your madness against me.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus says the Lord God: In that day, words will climb into your heart, and you will invent a most wicked plan.
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 →