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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 bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;
 27And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet;-- (Job 13:26‑27)
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Job 14:16‑17• 16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou heapest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:16‑17)
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Job 31:4• 4Doth not he see my ways, and number 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• 18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee. (Psa. 139:18)
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Psa. 121:3‑8• 3He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
 4Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
 5Jehovah is thy keeper, Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand;
 6The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
 7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; he will keep thy soul.
 8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in, from henceforth and for evermore. (Psa. 121:3‑8)
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Gen. 28:10‑17• 10And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went towards Haran.
 11And he lighted on a certain place, and lodged there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and made it his pillow, and lay down in that place.
 12And he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to the heavens. And behold, angels of God ascended and descended upon it.
 13And behold, Jehovah stood above it. And he said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham, thy father, and the 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 spread abroad 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 to which thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I have spoken to thee of.
 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 the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. (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 word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah 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 thy house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Urijah 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.
 12For thou 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, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
 21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, 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, with every secret thing, 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, far from Jehovah, their counsel! 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• 70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you the twelve? and of you one is a devil.
 71Now he spoke of Judas the son of Simon, Iscariote, for he it was who should deliver him up, being one of the twelve. (John 6:70‑71)
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John 13:2,21• 2And during supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, that he should deliver him up,
 21Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up. (John 13:2,21)
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Acts 5:3‑4• 3But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldest lie to the Holy Spirit, and put aside for thyself a part of the price of the estate?
 4While it remained did it not remain to *thee*? and sold, was it not in thine own power? Why is it that thou hast purposed this thing in thine heart? Thou hast not lied 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."