Psalms 139:5
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
In Context
4For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, LORD, you know it altogether.
6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
Cross References
Exodus 24:11He didn’t lay his hand on the nobles of the children of Israel. They saw God, and ate and drank.
Job 9:33There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.
Psalms 34:7The LORD’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers 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 →