Psalms 139:2
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
In Context
1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David. O Lord, thou hast tried me and knowen me.
3Thou compassest my pathes, and my lying downe, and art accustomed to all my wayes.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13Then she called the name of the Lord, that spake vnto her, Thou God lookest on me: for she said, Haue I not also here looked after him that seeth me?
2 Kings 6:12Then one of his seruants saide, None, my lorde, O King, but Elisha the Prophet that is in Israel, telleth the King of Israel, euen the wordes that thou speakest in thy priuie chamber.
Psalms 44:22Surely for thy sake are we slaine continually, and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.
Psalms 94:11The Lord knoweth the thoughtes of man, that they are vanitie.
Isaiah 37:28But I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy fury against me.
Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord God, Euen at ye same time shall many things come into thy minde, and thou shalt thinke euil thoughts.
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 →