Psalms 139:2

Psalms 139:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
• New International Version (NIV)You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.

Context of Psalms 139:2

1O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. 3You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. 4Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

Psalms 139:2 word by word

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear

• Youאַתָּ֫ה'attâh 'attâ 'ath 'attîy 'attem 'atten 'attênâh 'attênnâh · you(m.s.)H859
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• when I sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• and when I riseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• You understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• my thoughtsרֵעַrêa‛ · thoughtH7454
• from afarרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350

Cross-references for Psalms 139:2

• Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
• Genesis 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
• 2 Kings 6:12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
• 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
• Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
• Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
• Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
• Psalms 94:11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
• Matthew 9:4But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said, “Why do you harbor evil in your hearts?
• Luke 9:47But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.
• John 2:24But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
• Ezekiel 38:10This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day, thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will devise an evil plan.

Commentaries on Psalms 139:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Thou knowest my downsitting … - In the various circumstances of life, thou knowest me. Thou knowest me in one place as well as in another. I cannot so change my position that thou will not see me, and that thou wilt not be perfectly acquainted with all that I say, and all that I do. In every posture, in every movement, in every occupation, thou hast a full knowledge of me. I cannot go out of thy sight; I cannot put myself into such a position that thou…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The phrase when I sit and when I rise refers to everyday activities (compare Deuteronomy 6:6–9).Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2You understand how to attach me from afar You understand from afar [how] to attract me to Your friendship and to Your love.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 139:2

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• Attain
• Continuance
• Count
• Cover
• Curiously
• Fearfully
• Hold
• Sum
• Uprising
• Wonderfully

Commentaries on Psalms 139

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings