Psalms 139:4
For, while there is not a word on my tongue, lo, thou, O Lord, knowest it entirely.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
In Context
3My walking and my lying down hast thou limited, and with all my ways art thou acquainted.
5Behind and before hast thou hedged me in, and thou placest upon me thy hand.
Cross References
Job 38:2Who is this that casteth darkness [on my] counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 42:6Therefore I reject [what I have said], and repent; because I am dust and ashes.
Psalms 50:19Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Zephaniah 1:12And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem through with lights; and I will inflict punishment on the men that are at rest on their lees, that say in their heart, The Lord will not do good, nor will he do 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 →