Thou knowest my [a]sitting and my rising: thou understandest my thought afar off.

Thou [b]compassest my paths, and my lying down, and art accustomed to all my ways.

For there is not a word in my [c]tongue, but lo, thou knowest it wholly, O Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:2 He confesseth that neither our actions, thoughts, or any part of our life can be hid from God, though he seem to be far off.
  2. Psalm 139:3 So that they are evidently known to thee.
  3. Psalm 139:4 Thou knowest my meaning before I speak.

You know when I sit and when I rise;(A)
    you perceive my thoughts(B) from afar.
You discern my going out(C) and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.(D)
Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.(E)

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