Psalms 139:4
There is not a word on my tongue, but see! Lord, you know it all.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
In Context
3When I walk, when I lie you sift it, familiar with all my ways.
5Behind and before you beset me, upon me you lay your hand.
Cross References
Psalms 50:19You let your mouth loose for evil, your tongue contrives deceit.
Zephaniah 1:12I will search Jerusalem with a lamp, I will punish those who are at ease, who sit comfortably with their wine, who say to themselves, “the Lord brings neither prosperity nor calamity.”
Matthew 12:35A good person, from his good stores, produces good things; while an evil person, from his evil stores, produces evil things.
James 1:26When a person appears to be religious, yet does not bridle their tongue, but imposes on their own conscience, that person’s religious observances are valueless.
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 →