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Psalm 139

Psa. 139:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou γcompassest
zarah (Hebrew #2219)
to toss about; by implication, to diffuse, winnow
KJV usage: cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.
Pronounce: zaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2114)
my path
'orach (Hebrew #734)
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-)way.
Pronounce: o'-rakh
Origin: from 732
and my lying down
reba` (Hebrew #7252)
prostration (for sleep)
KJV usage: lying down.
Pronounce: reh'-bah
Origin: from 7250
, and art acquainted
cakan (Hebrew #5532)
to be familiar with; by implication, to minister to, be serviceable to, be customary
KJV usage: acquaint (self), be advantage, X ever, (be, (un-))profit(-able), treasurer, be wont.
Pronounce: saw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root
with all my ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
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or, winnowest.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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compassest.
or, winnowest.
Job 13:26‑27• 26For thou writest for me bitter things,{HR}And makest me inherit the iniquities of my youth;
 27And puttest my feet in the stocks,{HR}And watchest all my paths,{HR}On the soles of my feet thou cuttest; (Job 13:26‑27)
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Job 14:16‑17• 16But now thou numberest my steps:{HR}Watchest thou not over my sins?
 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,{HR}And thou sewest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:16‑17)
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Job 31:4• 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? (Job 31:4)
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Matt. 3:12• 12whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. (Matt. 3:12)
my path.
Psa. 139:18• 18Would I count them,{HR}They are more than the sand;{HR}I awaked and [am] still with thee. (Psa. 139:18)
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Psa. 121:3‑8• 3May he not let thy foot be moved;{HR}May not thy keeper slumber.
 4Behold, Israel's keeper{HR}Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
 5Jehovah [is] thy keeper;{HR}Jehovah [is] thy shade upon thy right hand.
 6By day the sun shall not smite thee,{HR}Nor moon by night.
 7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil,{HR}He will keep thy soul.
 8Jehovah will keep thy going out,{HR}And thy coming in, henceforth and forever. (Psa. 121:3‑8)
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Gen. 28:10‑17• 10And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
 11And he lighted on the place, and lodged there, because the sun was set. And he took of the stones of the place, and made his pillows, and lay down in that place.
 12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder set up on earth, and its top reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.
 13And behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac: the land on which thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
 14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt break forth to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
 15And behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee till I have done that of which I have spoken to thee.
 16And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew [it] not.
 17And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this place! this [is] none other but God's house, and this the gate of the heavens. (Gen. 28:10‑17)
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2 Sam. 8:14• 14And he put garrisons in Edom: throughout Edom did he put garrisons; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went. (2 Sam. 8:14)
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2 Sam. 11:2‑5,27• 2And it came to pass at evening time that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king's house; and from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful;
 3and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?
 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
 5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
 27And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of Jehovah. (2 Sam. 11:2‑5,27)
and art acquainted.
2 Sam. 12:9‑12• 9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of Jehovah, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
 10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
 11Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
 12Thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. (2 Sam. 12:9‑12)
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Prov. 5:20‑21• 20And why shouldest thou, my son,{HR}Be ravished with a strange woman,{HR}And embrace the bosom of a stranger?
 21For the ways of man are before Jehovah's eyes,{HR}And he pondereth all his paths. (Prov. 5:20‑21)
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Eccl. 12:14• 14For God shall bring every work into judgment,{HR}With every hidden thing,{HR}Whether [it be] good or whether [it be] evil. (Eccl. 12:14)
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Isa. 29:15• 15Woe unto them that hide deep their counsel far from Jehovah! And their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (Isa. 29:15)
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Jer. 23:24• 24Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him? saith Jehovah. Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? saith Jehovah. (Jer. 23:24)
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John 6:70‑71• 70[Jesus] answered them, Did I not choose you the twelve? And one of you is a devil.
 71Now he was speaking of Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot; for he, one of the twelve, was about to betray him. (John 6:70‑71)
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John 13:2,21• 2And, supper being come, the devil having already put [it] into the heart of Judas, Simon's [son], Iscariot, that he should deliver him up,
 21Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit and testified and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, One of you shall give me up. (John 13:2,21)
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Acts 5:3‑4• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to reserve for thee of the price of the land?
 4When it remained, did it not remain to thee; and when sold, was it not in thy power? How [is it] that thou conceivedst this thing in thy heart? Thou didst lie not to men but to God. (Acts 5:3‑4)
• All is under His eye and He actually sees everything. It is not only He sees, but He searches. He is there with us, however offended, in all our ways. This produces uneasiness. Adam innocent could not have thought of it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 139-143” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou searchest outa my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "siftest."

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou siftest my path and my lying down,{HR}And art acquainted with all my ways.