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Psalms 139:2
2You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive 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.
- 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.
- 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
1You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
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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 56:8Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll— are they not in your record?
- Genesis 16:13She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
- 2 Kings 6:12“None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
- 2 Kings 19:27“ ‘But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
- Isaiah 37:28“But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me.
- Zechariah 4:10“Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.
- Matthew 9:4Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him.
- John 2:24But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people.
- 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 the heart. At that time each will receive their praise 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 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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