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Revised Standard Version
Psalms 139:2
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You know when I sit down and when I stand up;you understand my thoughts from far away.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts before I think them.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up [my entire life, everything I do]; You understand my thought from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I get up; You understand my thought from far away.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.
Thou knowest my sitting and my rising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;You understand my thought from afar.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
You know when I am resting or when I am working, and from heaven you discover my thoughts.
You know when I sit and when I stand up, you discern my inclinations from afar,
*Thou* knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You know my thoughts from far away.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thoughts from above.
You know everything I do; from far away you understand all my thoughts.
You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought from afar.
You know my sitting down, and my rising up; You understand my thought from afar off.
Thou art aboute my path & aboute my bedd, & spyest out all my wayes.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.
Thou knowest my downe sitting, and mine vprising: thou vnderstandest my thought afarre off.
Thou knowest my downe sitting & myne vprising: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes long before they be.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
thou hast knowe my sitting, and my rising ayen.
You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought far off.
Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up rising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off.
You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away.
You know when I sit down and when I get up. You understand my thoughts from far away.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.
Thou, hast observed my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou hast given heed to my desire, from afar:
(138-2) Thou hast known my sitting down, and my rising up.
Thou -- Thou hast known my sitting down, And my rising up, Thou hast attended to my thoughts from afar.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
knowest: Psalms 56:8, Genesis 16:13, 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 19:27, Proverbs 15:3, Isaiah 37:28, Zechariah 4:10
understandest: Psalms 94:11, Matthew 9:4, Luke 9:47, John 2:24, John 2:25, 1 Corinthians 4:5
afar off: Ezekiel 38:10, Ezekiel 38:11, Ezekiel 38:17
Reciprocal: Exodus 14:3 - Pharaoh Deuteronomy 31:21 - I know 1 Samuel 16:7 - on the heart 2 Samuel 12:9 - to do evil 1 Chronicles 28:9 - the Lord 2 Chronicles 32:31 - to try him Job 10:7 - Thou knowest Job 22:14 - General Job 42:2 - no Psalms 1:6 - knoweth Psalms 19:12 - secret Psalms 31:6 - hated Psalms 40:9 - thou knowest Psalms 119:151 - near Psalms 138:6 - afar off Psalms 142:3 - then thou Jeremiah 17:10 - the Lord Jeremiah 23:25 - heard Lamentations 3:63 - their sitting Ezekiel 11:5 - for Ezekiel 20:32 - that which Amos 4:13 - and declareth Matthew 12:25 - Jesus Mark 2:8 - Why Luke 5:22 - perceived Luke 16:15 - God John 1:48 - when John 6:64 - For Acts 15:8 - which 1 Corinthians 8:3 - is 2 Corinthians 10:5 - every thought 1 Thessalonians 2:4 - but God Hebrews 4:12 - and is
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,.... Here the psalmist proceeds to observe the particular circumstances and actions of his life, which were known to God; as his "downsitting", either to take rest, as weary persons do. Schultens a explains it of the quiet rest in sleep; this the Lord knew when he betook himself to it, and to whose care he committed himself and family; under whose protection he laid himself down, and on whom he depended for safety, Psalms 4:8. Or, since lying down to sleep is afterwards mentioned, this may respect sitting down at table to eat and drink; when the Lord knows whether men use the creatures aright, or abuse them; whether they receive their food with thankfulness, and eat and drink to the glory of God: or else this downsitting was to read the word of God, and meditate upon it; so the Targum paraphrases it,
"my sitting down to study the law.''
When men do this, the Lord knows whether in reading they understand what they read, or read attentively and with affection; whether it is to their comfort and edification, and for doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness; whether their meditation on it is sweet, and is attended with profit and pleasure. "Uprising" may respect either rising from bed, when the Lord knows whether the heart is still with him, Psalms 139:18; what sense is had of the divine protection and sustentation, and what thankfulness there is for the mercies of the night past; and whether the voice of prayer and praise is directed to him in the morning, as it should be, Psalms 3:5; or else rising from the table, when the Lord knows whether a man's table has been his snare, and with what thankfulness he rises from it for the favours he has received. The Targum interprets this of rising up to go to war; which David did, in the name and strength, and by the direction, of the Lord;
thou understandest my thought afar off; God knows not only his own thoughts, but the thoughts of men, which none but themselves know; by this Christ appears to be truly God, the omniscient God, being a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart, Matthew 9:3 Hebrews 4:12. God knows what thoughts his people have of him, and of his lovingkindness in Christ; what thoughts they have of Christ himself, his person, offices, and grace; what thoughts they have of themselves, their state, and condition: he knows all their vain thoughts, and complains of them, and which also they hate; and all their good thoughts, for they come from him. And he knows them "afar off", or "of old" b, even before they are; so Aben Ezra interprets it, a long time past, and compares it with Jeremiah 31:3; where the same word is rendered "of old": God knows the thoughts of his people, as well as his own, from all eternity; see Isaiah 25:1; as he knew what they would say and do, so what they would think; he knows thoughts that are past long ago, and forgotten by men, or were unobserved when thought; how else should he bring them into judgment? or though he is afar off in the highest heavens, yet he sees into the hearts of men, and is privy to all their thoughts.
a Animadv. Philol. p. 181. b מרחוק "q. d. dum illa longe abest", Piscator; "longe ante quam incidat in animum meum", Gejerus, & Campensis in Ibid.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou 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 wilt not see me.
Thou understandest my thought - Hebrew, “As to my thought.” That is, Thou seest what my plans are; what I design to do; “what I am thinking about.” A most solemn reflection! How unwilling would bad people be - would even good people be - to have those round about them know always “what they are thinking about.”
Afar off - Not when the “thought” is far off; but “thou,” being far off, seest us as clearly as if thou wert near. I cannot go to such a distance from thee that thou wilt not see perfectly all that I am thinking about.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:2. My downsitting and mine uprising — Even these inconsiderable and casual things are under thy continual notice. I cannot so much as take a seat, or leave it, without being marked by thee.
Thou understandest my thought — לרעי lerei, "my cogitation." This word is Chaldee, see Daniel 2:29-30.
Afar off. — While the figment is forming that shall produce them.
