Psalms 139:2
Thou indeed knowest my sitting down and my rising up, thou understandest my thinking while yet afar off.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
3My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13And she called the name of the Lord that spoke unto her, Thou art an all-seeing God; for she said, Have I not also seen here a vision after he appeared to me?
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, Not so, my Lord, O king; but Elisha', the prophet that is in Israel, can tell unto the king of Israel the words that thou mayest speak in thy sleeping-chamber.
Psalms 44:22(44:23) But for thy sake are we slain all the day; we are counted as flocks [destined] for slaughter.
Psalms 94:11The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are nought.
Isaiah 37:28But thy abiding, and thy going out, and thy coming in do I know, and thy raging against me.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, It will also come to pass, at the same time, that things will come into thy mind, and thou wilt entertain an evil device;
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 →