Shīpiān 139:3

3 Wǒ xíng lù , wǒ tǎng wò , nǐ dōu xì chá , nǐ yĕ shēn zhī wǒ yīqiè suǒ xíng de .

Shīpiān 139:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 139:3

Thou compassest my path and my lying down
The Targum adds,

``to study in the law.''

His walk in the daytime, and every step he took, and his lying down at night. It denotes his perfect knowledge of all his actions, day and night; he surrounds every path of man, that they cannot escape his knowledge. Or, "thou winnowest", as some render the word ^F3; he distinguishes actions; he discerns and separates the good from the bad, or the goodness of an action from the evil and imperfection of it, as in winnowing the wheat is separated from the chaff. Or, "thou measurest my squaring" ^F4; all his dimensions, his length and breadth, as he lay down in his bed;

and art acquainted [with] all my ways;
the whole of his life and conversation, all his works and doings: God knows all the evil ways and works of his people; he takes notice of them, and chastises for them; and all their good works, and approves and accepts of them; he knows from what principles of faith and love they spring, in what manner they are performed, and with what views, aims, and ends; see ( Revelation 2:2 Revelation 2:19 ) ( Psalms 1:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (tyrz) "ventilasti", Pagninus, Montanus; so Tigurine version and Ainsworth.
F4 (yebr) "quadraturam meam spithama mensurasti", Gussetius, p. 775. "spithama metiris", Cocceius.

Shīpiān 139:3 In-Context

1 ( Dàwèi de shī , jiāo yǔ líng zhǎng ) Yēhéhuá a , nǐ yǐjing jiàn chá wǒ , rènshi wǒ .

2 Wǒ zuò xià , wǒ qǐlai , nǐ dōu xiǎodé . nǐ cōng yuǎn chù zhīdào wǒde yìniàn .

3 Wǒ xíng lù , wǒ tǎng wò , nǐ dōu xì chá , nǐ yĕ shēn zhī wǒ yīqiè suǒ xíng de .

4 Yēhéhuá a , wǒ shétou shang de huà , nǐ qiāng yǒu yī jù bù zhīdào de .

5 Nǐ zaì wǒ qián hòu huánrǎo wǒ , àn shǒu zaì wǒ shēnshang .