Psalms 139:6
O knowledge too wonderful for me! it is high, I cannot [attain] unto it.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
In Context
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?
Cross References
Job 11:7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?
Job 42:3Who is he that obscureth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Psalms 40:5Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak [them], they are more than can be numbered.
Proverbs 30:18There are three [things] too wonderful for me, and four that 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 →