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Psalms 139:4
4Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, Adonai, You know all about it.
Psalms 139:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
- New International Version (NIV)Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
Context of Psalms 139:4
2Whenever 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. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, Adonai, You know all about it. 5You hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:4 word by word
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑י הֵ֥ן יְ֝הוָ֗ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 139:4
- Psalms 19:14Also keep Your servant from willful sins. May they not have dominion over me. Then I will be blameless, free from great transgression.
- Job 8:2“How long will you say these things? The words of your mouth are like a mighty wind.
- Job 38:2“Who is this, who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?
- Job 42:3You ask, ‘Who is this, who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke without understanding, things too wonderful for me which I did not know.
- Zephaniah 1:12At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men whose spirits have hardened, who say in their hearts, ‘Adonai will do neither good nor evil.’
- Malachi 3:13“Your words against Me are grievous,” says Adonai. Yet you say: “What did we say against You?”
- Matthew 12:35The good man from his good treasury brings forth good, and the evil man from his evil treasury brings forth evil.
- James 1:26If anyone thinks he is religious and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is futile.
- James 3:2For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well.
- Psalms 50:19You have unleashed your mouth for evil and harnessed your tongue for deceit.
- Jeremiah 29:23because they have been disgraceful in Israel, committing adultery with their neighbors’ wives and speaking words in My Name falsely, which I did not command them. But I am the One who knows and I am witness.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Hebrews 4:12For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword—piercing right through to a separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Commentaries on Psalms 139:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For there is not a word in my tongue - All that I say; all that I have power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to say. But lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether - All that pertains to it. What is “said,” and what is “meant.” Merely to “hear” what is spoken does not imply necessarily a full knowledge of what is said - for it may be false, insincere, hypocritical. God knows exactly what is said and what is “meant.”Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The Lord's all-knowing and all-powerful nature provides comfort to the godly, but it troubles the wicked (Psalm 2:3).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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