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Psalms 139:5
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You have encircled me;you have placed your hand on me.
You tzitzit me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
You are all around me—in front and in back— and have put your hand on me.
You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
You have enclosed me behind and before, And [You have] placed Your hand upon me.
You have encircled me behind and in front, And placed Your hand upon me.
You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me.
Thou holdest mee straite behinde and before, and layest thine hand vpon me.
You have enclosed me behind and before,And You have put Your hand upon me.
You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
and with your powerful arm you protect me from every side.
You have hemmed me in both behind and in front and laid your hand on me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
You are all around me—in front of me and behind me. I feel your hand on my shoulder.
From the beginning to the end, thou knowest me, O LORD, for thou hast formed and laid thy hand upon me.
You are all around me on every side; you protect me with your power.
You barricade me behind and in front, and set your hand upon me.
You have closed me in behind, and in front, and Your hand is laid on me.
Soch knowlege is to wonderfull & excellet for me, I can not atteyne vnto it.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thy hand upon me.
I am shut in by you on every side, and you have put your hand on me.
Thou hast hemmed me in behind and before, and laid Thy hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind, and before: and laid thine hand vpon me.
Thou hast fashioned me behinde and before: and layde thyne hande vpon me.
the last and the first: thou hast fashioned me, and laid thine hand upon me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Lo! Lord, thou hast knowe alle thingis, the laste thingis and elde; thou hast formed me, and hast set thin hond on me.
You have beset me behind and before, And laid your hand on me.
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thy hand upon me.
You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.
You have closed me in from behind and in front. And You have laid Your hand upon me.
You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand: -
(138-5) Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
Thou dost beset me behind and before, and layest thy hand upon me.
Behind and before Thou hast besieged me, And Thou dost place on me Thy hand.
You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
beset me: Deuteronomy 33:27, Job 23:8, Job 23:9
and laid: Exodus 24:11, Revelation 1:17
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou hast beset me behind and before,.... Art on every side of me, all around me, like one besieged in a strait place; so that there is nothing I can think, say, or do, but what is known unto thee. The two Kimchis, father and son, render the word, "thou hast formed me": and interpret it of the formation of his body, of which, in
Psalms 139:14; see Job 10:8 but it denotes how God compasses men with his presence and providence, so that nothing escapes his knowledge;
and laid thine hand upon me; not his afflicting hand, which sometimes presses hard; though the Targum thus paraphrases it,
"and stirred against me the stroke of thine hand:''
but rather his hand of power and providence, to preserve, protect, and defend him. Or it signifies that he was so near to him that his hand was upon him, and he was perfectly known; as anything is that is before a man, and he has his hand upon.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou hast beset me behind and before - The word rendered “beset” - צור tsûr - means properly to press; to press upon; to compress. It has reference commonly to the siege of a city, or to the pressing on of troops in war; and then it comes to mean to besiege, hem in, closely surround, so that there is no way of escape. This is the idea here - that God was on every side of him; that he could not escape in any direction. He was like a garrison besieged in a city so that there was no means of escape. There is a transition here (not an unnatural one), from the idea of the Omniscience of God to that of His Omnipresence, and the remarks which follow have a main reference to the latter.
And laid thine hand upon me - That is, If I try to escape in any direction I find thine band laid upon me there. Escape is impossible.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:5. Thou hast beset me behind and before — אחור וקדם צרתני achor vekodam tsartani, "The hereafter and the past, thou hast formed me." I think Bishop Horsley's emendation here is just, uniting the two verses together. "Behold thou, O Jehovah, knowest the whole, the hereafter and the past. Thou hast formed me, and laid thy hand upon me."
