Psalms 139:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.”

Psalms 139:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:48 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֤יkiy

forconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֵ֣יןʾēyn

there notparticleH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

מִ֭לָּהmilāh

is a wordnounH4405

answer · matter · any thing to say · to speak ···

בִּ/לְשׁוֹנִ֑/יbiləšwōniy

on tongue mypronH3956

babbler · evil speaker · language · talker ···

הֵ֥ןhēn

there!particleH2005

if · lo · though

יְ֝הוָ֗הyəhwāh

O YahwehnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

יָדַ֥עְתָּyādaʿətā

you knowverbH3045

acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···

כֻלָּֽ/הּkulāh

all of itnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

ℹWords 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 139:4

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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