Psalms 139:2
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
1LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.
3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13She called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees,” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”
2 Kings 6:12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
Psalms 44:22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against me.
Ezekiel 38:10“‘The Lord GOD says: “It will happen in that day that things will come into 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 →