Psalm 139:2–6

139:2 You know when I sit down and when I get up;

even from far away you understand my motives.

139:3 You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest;2

you are aware of everything I do.3

139:4 Certainly4 my tongue does not frame a word

without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it.5

139:5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front;

you place your hand on me.

139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;

it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.6

2	tn Heb “my traveling and my lying down you measure.” The verb זָרָה (zarah, “to measure”) is probably here a denominative from זָרָת (zarat, “a span; a measure”), though some derive it from זָרָה (zarat, “to winnow; to sift”; see BDB 279–80 s.v. זָרָה).
3	tn Heb “all my ways.”
4	tn Or “for.”
5	tn Heb “look, O Lord, you know all of it.”
6	tn Heb “too amazing [is this] knowledge for me, it is elevated, I cannot attain to it.”