Psalms 139:6
The proud have hidden a snare for me, 1 And have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; 1 They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
In Context
7I said to the Lord, Thou art my God; 1 Hearken, O Lord, to the voice of my supplication. 1
Cross References
Job 11:7Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? 1 Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made? 1
Job 42:3For who is he that hides counsel from thee? 1 Or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? 1 And who will tell me what I knew not, 1 Great and wonderful things which I understood not? 1
Psalms 40:5I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; 1 Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. 1
Proverbs 30:18Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth 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 →