English Standard Version
Psalms 139:2
2You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
Context of Psalms 139:2
1O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. 4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
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אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:2
- Psalms 56:8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
- Genesis 16:13So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, "You are a God of seeing," for she said, "Truly here I have seen him who looks after me."
- 2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom."
- 2 Kings 19:27"But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 37:28"'I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
- Zechariah 4:10For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. "These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth."
- Psalms 94:11the Lord—knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.
- Matthew 9:4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by his side
- John 2:24But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.
- Ezekiel 38:10"Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
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
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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
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