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مزامير 139:6
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
knowledge: Psalms 40:5, Psalms 13:1, Job 11:7-9, Job 26:14, Job 42:3, Proverbs 30:2-4, Romans 11:33
Reciprocal: Job 11:8 - deeper Job 37:19 - we Psalms 71:19 - Thy righteousness Psalms 119:129 - testimonies Psalms 131:1 - high for me Psalms 145:3 - and his greatness is unsearchable Proverbs 30:18 - too Ecclesiastes 7:24 - General Isaiah 40:28 - no searching Zechariah 4:5 - No 1 Corinthians 13:9 - General Ephesians 3:18 - able
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Such] knowledge [is] too wonderful for me,.... Meaning either the knowledge of himself, such as God had of him, which was vastly superior to what he had of himself; and especially the knowledge of other persons and things, whether visible or invisible, in heaven, earth, or hell; things past, present, and to come; or else the manner in which God knew all this was amazing to him, and quite impenetrable by him; that he did know him, his thoughts, his words and actions, and so those of all others, was easy of belief; but how he should know all this was past his conception, and struck him with the profoundest admiration;
it is high; sublime, out of his reach, beyond his comprehension;
I cannot [attain] unto it; neither to such knowledge, nor to comprehend what it is in God; and how he should have it, and in what manner he exercises it. Kimchi, Jarchi, and Aben Ezra, connect the words with the following, as if the matter of his wonder and astonishment was the omnipresence of God, or where he should find a place to flee from him.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me - literally, “Wonderful knowledge away from me,” or, more than I can comprehend. It is beyond my reach; it surpasses all my powers to comprehend it.
It is high, I cannot attain unto it - It is so exalted that I cannot grasp it; I cannot understand how it can be.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 139:6. Such knowledge is too wonderful — I think, with Kennicott, that פלאיה דעת pelaiah daath should be read פלאי הדעת peli haddaath, "THIS knowledge," ממני mimmenni, "is beyond or above me." This change is made by taking the ה he from the end of פלאיה pelaiah, which is really no word, and joining it with דעת daath; which, by giving it an article, makes it demonstrative, הדעת haddaath, "THIS knowledge." This kind of knowledge, God's knowledge, that takes in all things, and their reasons, essences, tendencies, and issues, is far beyond me.