Psalms 139:2
when I sit, when I rise you know it, you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
1O Lord, you search and know me;
3When I walk, when I lie you sift it, familiar with all my ways.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13Then she called the name of the Lord, who had spoken to her, El-roi (You are a God who sees me); for she said, “Have I seen God and am I still alive after I have looked upon him?”
Psalms 44:22But in your cause it is we are killed all the day, and counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 94:11The Lord knows the thoughts of people, that only a breath are they.
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 →