Psalms 139:4
Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.
BSB
ASV
For there is not a word in my tongue, But, lo, O Jehovah, thou knowest it altogether.
KJV
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
For there is not a word in my tongue,.... Expressed by it or upon it, just ready to be spoken; or, as the Targum, "when there is no word in my tongue:'' so Aben Ezra, "before it was perfect in my tongue:'' before it is formed there; while it is in the mind, and not expressed, and even before that; but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether; the whole of it, from whence it springs; the reason of it, what is designed, or the ends to be answered by it.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. The unformed word, which lies within the tongue like a seed in the soil, is certainly and completely known to the Great Searcher of hearts. A negative expression is used to make the positive statement all the stronger: not a word is unknown is a forcible way of saying that every word is well known. Divine knowledge is perfect, since not a single word is unknown, nay, not even an unspoken word, and each one is "altogether" or wholly known.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Psalms 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Job 42:3You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
