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Psalms 139:2

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

KJV

Eripe me, Domine, ab homine malo ; a viro iniquo eripe me.

Vulgate

Ἐξελοῦ με, Κύριε, ἐξ ἀνθρώπου πονηροῦ, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἀδίκου ῥῦσαί με,

LXX

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.

ASV

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣/י וְ/קוּמִ֑/י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝/רֵעִ֗/י מֵ/רָחֽוֹק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
י
y
pronoun · 2×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. David meditates on the omniscience and omnipresence of God. There is no place where God is not present, no thought which he does not know. The description of being fearfully and wonderfully made in the womb is a powerful testimony to God as Creator of each person. This knowledge is both comforting to the godly and terrifying to the w…
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, knows all the deeds of human beings and all their thoughts.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the
  • 1Sam 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance,
  • 2Cor 10:5 — Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
  • 2Kgs 6:12 — And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
  • 2Kgs 19:27 — But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
  • Deut 31:21 — And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I
  • Ezek 20:32 — And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone.
  • Ezek 38:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
  • Gen 16:13 — And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
  • Heb 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoug
  • Isa 37:28 — But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
  • Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
  • John 2:24 — But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
  • John 6:64 — But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
  • Lam 3:63 — Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
  • Luke 5:22 — But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
  • Luke 9:47 — And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
  • Luke 9:47 — And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
  • Mark 2:8 — And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
  • Matt 9:4 — And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
  • Matt 9:4 — And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?
  • Matt 12:25 — And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
  • Prov 15:3 — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  • Ps 19:12 — Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
  • Ps 56:8 — Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
  • Ps 94:11 — The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
  • Ps 119:151 — Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
  • Ps 138:6 — Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
  • Ps 142:3 — When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
  • Zech 4:10 — For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through