Psalms 139:4
They have sharpened their tongue as the tongue of a serpent; + 139:4 Rom. 3. 13. the poison of asps is under their lips. Pause.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
In Context
3Who have devised injustice in their hearts; all the day they prepared war.
Cross References
Job 38:2Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in his heart, and thinks to conceal them from me?
Job 42:6Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.
Psalms 50:19Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.
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 →