Psalms 139:2
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.
3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
2 Kings 6:12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
Psalms 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.
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 →