Psalms 139:6
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
In Context
5You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Cross References
Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Psalms 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
Proverbs 30:18There are three things too wonderful for me, four that I cannot understand:
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 →