New King James Version
Psalms 139:2
2You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
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 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 my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. 4For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
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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 number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book?
- Genesis 16:13Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, “Have I also here seen Him who sees 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 dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Keeping watch on the evil and the good.
- Isaiah 37:28“But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.
- Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.”
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows the thoughts of man, That they are futile.
- Matthew 9:4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a little child and set him by Him,
- John 2:24But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all men,
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
- Ezekiel 38:10‘Thus says the Lord God: “On that day it shall come to pass that thoughts will arise in your mind, and you will make 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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