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Psalm 139:2-3
New English Translation
Psalm 139:2-3
New English Translation
2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;
even from far away you understand my motives.
3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest;[a]
you are aware of everything I do.[b]
Footnotes
- 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).
- Psalm 139:3 tn Heb “all my ways.”
Psalm 139:2-3
New International Version
Psalm 139:2-3
New International Version
Psalm 139:2-3
New King James Version
Psalm 139:2-3
New King James Version
2 (A)You know my sitting down and my rising up;
You (B)understand my thought afar off.
3 (C)You [a]comprehend my path and my lying down,
And are acquainted with all my ways.
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:3 Lit. winnow
Psalm 139:2-3
King James Version
Psalm 139:2-3
King James Version
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
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Psalm 139:2-3
English Standard Version
Psalm 139:2-3
English Standard Version
2 You (A)know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you (B)discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
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