Psalms 139:4 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 139:4

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

KJV

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ASV

For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

WEB

Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

YLT

For there is not a word in my tongue, Lo, O Jehovah, Thou hast known it all!

DBT

For there is not yet a word on my tongue, [but] lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

18 verses on the floor

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.
Psalms 50:19–21
Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
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.
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.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices1

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

There is not a word at my tongue's end, ready to be spoken, yet checked and kept in, but thou knowest it." When there is not a word in my tongue, O Lord! thou knowest all (so some read it); for thoughts are words to God.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Words2

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H3956117× in canon H2005316× in canon

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The walk8

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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