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Psalms 139:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.


Psalms 139:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:27 words
HebrewMeaning
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יָ֭דַעְתָּyādaʿətā
you knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
שִׁבְתִּ֣/יšibətiy
sitting myverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
וְ/קוּמִ֑/יwəqwmiy
and standing myconjH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
בַּ֥נְתָּהbanətāh
you understandverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
לְ֝/רֵעִ֗/יlərēʿiy
thoughts mypronH7454
מֵ/רָחֽוֹקmērāḥwōq
from a distancepronH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 139:2

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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