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Psalms 139:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.


Psalms 139:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:68 words
HebrewMeaning
פלאיהplʾyh
secretadjH6383
wonderful
פְּלִ֣יאָֽהpəliyʾāh
secretadjH6383
wonderful
דַ֣עַתdaʿat
knowledgenounH1847
norantly · know · awares
מִמֶּ֑/נִּיmimeniy
for mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗הniśəgəbāh
it is set on highverbH7682
exalt · be excellent · (be · set on) high ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
א֥וּכַֽלʾwkal
I am ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לָֽ/הּlāh
pron
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 139:6

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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