Tree of Life Version
Psalms 139:2
2Whenever I sit down or stand up, You know it. You discern my thinking 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.
- 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
1For the music director: a psalm of David. Adonai, You searched me and know me. Whenever I sit down or stand up, You know it. You discern my thinking from afar. 3You observe my journeying and my resting and You are familiar with all my ways. 4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, Adonai, You know all about it.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:2 word by word
אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:2
- Psalms 56:8In spite of such sin, will they escape? In fierce anger, O God, cast down such people!
- Genesis 16:13So she called Adonai who was speaking to her, “You are the God who sees me.” For she said, “Would I have gone here indeed looking for Him who looks after me?”
- 2 Kings 6:12But one of his officers said, “No, my lord the king. Rather, Elisha the prophet who is in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the very words that you speak in your bedroom!”
- 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out, and your coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Proverbs 15:3The eyes of Adonai are everywhere, observing the wicked and the good.
- Isaiah 37:28But I know your sitting down, your going out and your coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Zechariah 4:10For who despises the day of small things? These seven—which are the eyes of Adonai that run back and forth throughout the whole earth—will rejoice when they see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”
- Psalms 94:11Adonai knows human thoughts— they are but a breath.
- Matthew 9:4And knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said, “Why are you entertaining evil in your hearts?
- Luke 9:47But Yeshua, knowing the reasoning of their heart, took a child and set him by His side.
- John 2:24But Yeshua did not entrust Himself to them, because He knew all men.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.
- Ezekiel 38:10Thus says Adonai Elohim: “It will come to pass in that day that things will come into your heart 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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