Psalms 139:6
This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
In Context
5You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
Cross References
Job 11:7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’ therefore I have uttered that which I didn’t understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn’t know.
Psalms 40:5Many, LORD, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are towards us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
Proverbs 30:18“There are three things which are too amazing for me, four which I don’t understand:
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 →