New English Translation
Psalms 139:2
2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
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 examine me and know. You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. 3You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. 4Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.
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אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:2
- Psalms 56:8You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll?
- Genesis 16:13So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen one who sees me!”
- 2 Kings 6:12One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”
- 2 Kings 19:27I know where you live, and everything you do.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
- Isaiah 37:28I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me.
- Zechariah 4:10For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel’s hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.)
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows that peoples’ thoughts are morally bankrupt.
- Matthew 9:4When Jesus saw their reaction he said, “Why do you respond with evil in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side,
- John 2:24But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
- Ezekiel 38:10“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day 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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