Psalm 139:2

New Catholic Bible

²You know when I sit and when I stand;^[a]
you perceive my thoughts from a distance.

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Footnotes

Psalm 139:2 You know when I sit and when I stand: a Hebrew idiom that, when combined with the parallel “go out and lie down” (or “go out and come in”: see Isa 37:28), signifies: “in all that I do.”

Psalm 139:2

New International Version

²You know when I sit and when I rise;^(A)
you perceive my thoughts^(B) from afar.

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Psalm 139:2

New King James Version

²^(A)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You ^(B)understand my thought afar off.

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Psalm 139:2

English Standard Version

²You ^(A)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you ^(B)discern my thoughts from afar.

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