Psalms 139:5
You protect me on all sides; you put your hand on me to protect me with your power [MTY].
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
In Context
4Yahweh, even before I say [MTY] anything, you know everything that I am going to say!
Cross References
Exodus 24:11God did not harm [MTY] those Israeli elders/leaders because of their having seen him. They saw God, and they ate and drank together! Then we all went back down the mountain.
Job 9:33There is no one to ◄mediate/hear us and decide who is right►, no one who has authority over both of us [IDM].
Psalms 34:7An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
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 →