Add parallel Print Page Options

You know when I sit down and when I get up;
even from far away you understand my motives.
You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest;[a]
you are aware of everything I do.[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:3 tn Heb “my traveling and my lying down you measure.” The verb זָרָה (zarah, “to measure”) is probably here a denominative from זֶרֶת (zeret, “a span; a measure”), though some derive it from זָרָה (zarat, “to winnow; to sift”; see BDB 279-80 s.v. זָרָה).
  2. Psalm 139:3 tn Heb “all my ways.”

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)

Read full chapter

(A)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You (B)understand my thought afar off.
(C)You [a]comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:3 Lit. winnow