Psalms 139:4 · KJV
“For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.”
— Psalms 139:4
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted {with} all my ways. {compassest: or, winnowest}
Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
Psalms 139 — Context
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted {with} all my ways. {compassest: or, winnowest}
4For {there is} not a word in my tongue, {but}, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6{Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it.
Cross References
Hebrews 4:12-13
For the word of God {is} quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and {is} a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. {strength: Heb. rock}
Psalms 50:19-21
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. {givest: Heb. sendest}
Job 42:3
Who {is} he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
Matthew 12:35-37
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.
Malachi 3:13-16
Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken {so much} against thee?
Jeremiah 29:23
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and {am} a witness, saith the LORD.