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O LORD, you have
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searched me and known me!
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You
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know when I sit down and when I rise up; you
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discern my thoughts from afar.
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Psalms 139:1-2 Meaning and Commentary
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John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Psalms 139:1-2 In-Context
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O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
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You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
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You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
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Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
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You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
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3
1.
Jeremiah 12:3
; See
Psalms 7:9
;
Psalms 17:3
;
Psalms 44:21
2.
2 Kings 19:27
;
Lamentations 3:63
3.
[
Job 14:16
;
Job 31:4
;
Matthew 9:4
;
John 2:24, 25
]
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