Salmi 139:4

4 Poiché la parola non è ancora sulla mia lingua, che tu, o Eterno, già la conosci appieno.

Salmi 139:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 139:4

For [there is] not a word in my tongue
Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum,

``when there is no word in my tongue:''

so Aben Ezra,

``before it was perfect in my tongue:''

before it is formed there; while it is in the mind, and not expressed, and even before that;

[but], lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether;
the whole of it, from whence it springs; the reason of it, what is designed, or the ends to be answered by it. The Lord knows the good words of his people, which they speak to him in prayer, even before and while they are speaking them; and what they say to one another in private conversation, ( Isaiah 65:24 ) ( Malachi 3:16 ) . See an instance of words known by Christ before spoken, in ( Luke 19:31 Luke 19:33 ) .

Salmi 139:4 In-Context

2 Tu sai quando mi seggo e quando m’alzo, tu intendi da lungi il mio pensiero.

3 Tu mi scruti quando cammino e quando mi giaccio, e conosci a fondo tutte le mie vie.

4 Poiché la parola non è ancora sulla mia lingua, che tu, o Eterno, già la conosci appieno.

5 Tu mi stringi di dietro e davanti, e mi metti la mano addosso.

6 Una tal conoscenza è troppo maravigliosa per me, tanto alta, che io non posso arrivarci.