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

1Jehovah, thou hast searched me, and known [me]. Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off; 3Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways; 4For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

Psalms 139:2 word by word

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 139:2

• Psalms 56:8Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
• Genesis 16:13And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, Thou art the God who reveals himself, for she said, Also here have I seen after he has revealed himself.
• 2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
• 2 Kings 19:27But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.
• Proverbs 15:3The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
• Isaiah 37:28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
• Zechariah 4:10For who hath despised the day of small things? Yea, they shall rejoice [even] those seven — and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel: these are the eyes of Jehovah, which run to and fro in the whole earth.
• Psalms 94:11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
• Matthew 9:4And Jesus, seeing their thoughts, said, Why do ye think evil things in your hearts?
• Luke 9:47And Jesus, seeing the reasoning of their heart, having taken a little child set it by him,
• John 2:24But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew all [men],
• 1 Corinthians 4:5So that do not judge anything before [the] time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have [his] praise from God.
• Ezekiel 38:10Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: It shall even come to pass in that day that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought;

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

• God Continued...
• Heart

In the dictionaries

• 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