New American Standard Bible 2020
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
1Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away. 3You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, Lord, You know it all.
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אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 139:2
- Psalms 56:8You have taken account of my miseries; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?
- Genesis 16:13Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God who sees me”; for she said, “Have I even seen Him here and lived after He saw me?”
- 2 Kings 6:12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, the king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
- 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, Your going out, your coming in, And your raging against Me.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, Your going out, your coming in, And your raging against Me.
- Zechariah 4:10For who has shown contempt for the day of small things? But these seven will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--they are the eyes of the Lord roaming throughout the earth.”
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows human thoughts, That they are mere breath.
- Matthew 9:4And Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why are you thinking evil in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their hearts, took a child and had him stand by His side,
- John 2:24But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because He knew all people,
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then praise will come to each person from God.
- Ezekiel 38:10‘This is what the Lord God says: “It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into 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
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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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