Psalms 139:4

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.

American King James Version (AKJV)

For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

For there is not a word on my tongue which is not clear to you, O Lord.

Webster's Revision

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

World English Bible

For there is not a word on my tongue, but, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Clarke's Psalms 139:4 Bible Commentary

There is not a word in my tongue - Although (כי ki) there be not a word in my tongue, behold O Jehovah, thou knowest the whole of it, that is, thou knowest all my words before they are uttered as thou knowest all my thoughts while as yet they are unformed.

Barnes's Psalms 139:4 Bible Commentary

For there is not a word in my tongue - All that I say; all that I have power to say; all that I am disposed at any time to say.

But lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether - All that pertains to it. What is "said," and what is "meant." Merely to "hear" what is spoken does not imply necessarily a full knowledge of what is said - for it may be false, insincere, hypocritical. God knows exactly what is said and what is "meant."